title: English letter frequencies and their applications: part I.
abstract: This article presents data regarding the relative frequencies of single letters in English, organized by word length and letter position. Derived from a parsimonious sample of English word use patterns presented by Whissell in 1998, the data accurately represent letter frequencies found in modern English. These data provide a resource for various applications, including reading research and practice.
authors.affiliation: Office of Institutional Research and Planning, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk/Virginia Beach 23502-5599, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ridley
authors.forename: B Malcolm
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Lively
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008037:Linguistics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010507:Periodicity