Percentages of Letter Frequencies per 1000 Words


English Spanish French
A 36.8 62.2 39.5
B 6.5 7.0 4.2
C 12.4 23.2 14.8
D 17.1 29.1 20.0
E 59.1 67.8 85.0
F 13.2 3.4 4.6
G 9.0 5.0 5.1
H 23.7 3.5 3.5
I 28.6 31.0 36.6
J .6 2.2 2.9
K 1.9 .05 .2
L 15.3 24.7 27.8
M 11.4 15.6 14.5
N 32.0 33.3 35.5
O 36.0 43.1 25.5
P 8.9 12.4 14.4
Q .5 4.3 6.1
R 30.8 34.1 30.5
S 27.5 39.1 38.8
T 47.3 23.0 35.6
U 11.1 19.5 28.5
V 4.1 4.4 7.5
W 6.8 .1 .1
X .7 1.1 1.7
Y 8.9 4.4 1.0
Z .3 2.6 .3

The average length of English words is 4.5 letters, while the average length of French words is 4.84 letters, and the average length of Spanish words is 4.96 letters.