TPTT The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: About the Play
Introduction
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
About the Play
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Word Frequency
The following table shows the frequency of spoken words longer than three letters in the play. These numbers should not be considered authoritative.

that: 391
this: 297
with: 257
your: 242
lord: 219
what: 206
have: 181
will: 169
shall: 114
good: 109
come: 105
thou: 104
more: 96
they: 95
from: 95
like: 85
most: 82
would: 79
well: 79
hamlet: 78
there: 77
them: 74
know: 74
love: 67
king: 67
very: 64
speak: 63
then: 63
which: 63
hath: 62
must: 61
thee: 59
give: 58
should: 57
their: 57
such: 57
where: 56
i'll: 56
make: 56
when: 54
here: 54
upon: 53
father: 52
than: 51
some: 51
much: 50
these: 48
night: 47
think: 47
time: 46
heaven: 44
tell: 43
thus: 42
mother: 39
death: 38
mine: 37
look: 36
take: 36
play: 34
soul: 34
laertes: 33
life: 33
hear: 33
might: 32
could: 32
whose: 32
indeed: 31
again: 31
horatio: 31
nothing: 30
pray: 30
heart: 30
made: 30
down: 29
hold: 29
dead: 29
dear: 29
leave: 28
been: 28
cannot: 28
were: 28
doth: 27
matter: 27
into: 27
nature: 27
does: 26
both: 26
queen: 26
never: 26
great: 26
sweet: 25
thing: 25
earth: 24
even: 24
away: 24
though: 24
world: 24
itself: 24
true: 24
part: 23
against: 23
head: 23
eyes: 23
done: 22
madness: 22
comes: 22
seen: 22
follow: 21
fair: 21
himself: 21
call: 21
fear: 21
those: 21
show: 21
before: 20
means: 20
friends: 20
poor: 20
till: 20
words: 20
ophelia: 20
o'er: 20
england: 20
believe: 19
without: 19
denmark: 19
once: 19
blood: 19
still: 19
about: 18
else: 18
hand: 18
there's: 18
keep: 18
father's: 18
many: 18
is't: 18
little: 18
cause: 17
thoughts: 17
long: 17
find: 17
farewell: 17
first: 17
young: 17
welcome: 17
noble: 17
majesty: 16
faith: 16
hast: 16
sword: 16
question: 16
marry: 16
youth: 16
since: 16
that's: 16
speech: 16
body: 16
rest: 15
better: 15
yourself: 15
tongue: 15
therefore: 15
last: 15
live: 15
makes: 15
players: 15
daughter: 15
drink: 15
between: 15
watch: 15
other: 15
stand: 15
mark: 15
said: 15
gentleman: 14
reason: 14
dost: 14
answer: 14
grace: 14
lady: 14
grief: 14
something: 14
within: 14
ever: 14
bear: 14
gone: 14
murder: 14
heard: 14
spirit: 14
state: 14
word: 13
ourselves: 13
purpose: 13
form: 13
gertrude: 13
haste: 13
none: 13
grave: 13
friend: 13
virtue: 13
sent: 13
goes: 13
sense: 13
after: 13
duty: 13
thine: 13
same: 12
remember: 12
norway: 12
voice: 12
being: 12
sleep: 12
we'll: 12
thought: 12
revenge: 12
fire: 12
name: 12
hands: 12
madam: 12
myself: 12
what's: 12
please: 12
further: 12
while: 12
kind: 12
together: 12
fortinbras: 12
mind: 12
bring: 12
work: 11
awhile: 11
gentlemen: 11
peace: 11
business: 11
fortune: 11
foul: 11
face: 11
wind: 11
twere: 11
honest: 11
mean: 11
villain: 11
thousand: 11
free: 11
things: 11
stay: 11
doubt: 11
right: 11
each: 11
deed: 11
best: 11
e'en: 11
help: 11
full: 11
passion: 11
memory: 10
alas: 10
excellent: 10
second: 10
let's: 10
phrase: 10
ground: 10
fine: 10
almost: 10
thanks: 10
alone: 10
late: 10
every: 10
given: 10
pyrrhus: 10
he's: 10
seem: 10
uncle: 10
honour: 10
neither: 10
guildenstern: 10
hell: 10
command: 10
aught: 10
news: 10
hither: 9
walk: 9
fellow: 9
fall: 9
wilt: 9
brother: 9
in't: 9
lost: 9
heavens: 9
meet: 9
on't: 9
draw: 9
judgment: 9
devil: 9
seek: 9
breath: 9
another: 9
action: 9
came: 9
fell: 9
place: 9
sure: 9
do't: 9
offence: 9
thank: 9
light: 9
sight: 9
custom: 9
near: 9
strange: 9
soft: 9
arms: 9
swear: 9
says: 8
back: 8
grow: 8
music: 8
looks: 8
three: 8
here's: 8
wife: 8
hope: 8
hour: 8
tears: 8
desire: 8
power: 8
known: 8
break: 8
charge: 8
lordship: 8
pale: 8
husband: 8
shame: 8
fashion: 8
black: 8
particular: 8
ears: 8
conscience: 8
gave: 8
service: 8
truly: 8
quick: 8
less: 8
wherein: 8
through: 8
times: 8
obey: 7
brother's: 7
loved: 7
loves: 7
common: 7
needs: 7
fool: 7
hamlet's: 7
to't: 7
receive: 7
king's: 7
understand: 7
days: 7
wholesome: 7
turn: 7
adieu: 7
whether: 7
gives: 7
list: 7
general: 7
rank: 7
coming: 7
takes: 7
shows: 7
water: 7
whole: 7
rosencrantz: 7
letters: 7
effect: 7
heavy: 7
beseech: 7
bloody: 7
dust: 7
woman: 7
enough: 7
ghost: 6
confess: 6
whom: 6
beard: 6
beast: 6
struck: 6
dane: 6
toward: 6
home: 6
touch: 6
fare: 6
gracious: 6
wouldst: 6
buried: 6
mouth: 6
circumstance: 6
double: 6
lose: 6
lack: 6
sorrow: 6
table: 6
sister: 6
laid: 6
note: 6
court: 6
discourse: 6
marcellus: 6
either: 6
seal'd: 6
desperate: 6
wisdom: 6
lies: 6
behind: 6
withal: 6
writ: 6
beauty: 6
speaks: 6
point: 6
choice: 6
ambition: 6
already: 6
mercy: 6
cold: 6
health: 6
vows: 6
dangerous: 6
star: 6
shape: 6
mother's: 6
laugh: 6
falls: 6
season: 6
slain: 6
damned: 6
pardon: 6
brought: 6
cast: 6
false: 6
round: 6
herself: 6
only: 6
feed: 6
piece: 6
yours: 6
longer: 6
stood: 6
guilty: 6
forth: 6
move: 6
christian: 6
wager: 6
maid: 6
proof: 6
brain: 6
truth: 6
skull: 6
unto: 6
begin: 6
wrong: 6
dull: 6
noise: 6
prison: 6
wicked: 6
dream: 6
marriage: 6
woo't: 5
perchance: 5
audience: 5
save: 5
bound: 5
perhaps: 5
humbly: 5
sick: 5
disposition: 5
door: 5
themselves: 5
sing: 5
crown: 5
base: 5
dare: 5
blessing: 5
bodies: 5
throw: 5
treason: 5
warlike: 5
safety: 5
found: 5
danger: 5
fast: 5
keeps: 5
soldiers: 5
teach: 5
half: 5
stands: 5
in's: 5
hard: 5
polonius: 5
presently: 5
grows: 5
gainst: 5
drown'd: 5
hide: 5
return: 5
rather: 5
fortune's: 5
spirits: 5
land: 5
choose: 5
anon: 5
damn'd: 5
france: 5
horse: 5
alexander: 5
report: 5
visage: 5
visit: 5
drown: 5
knave: 5
conceit: 5
told: 5
took: 5
flesh: 5
pass: 5
patience: 5
french: 5
ecstasy: 5
short: 5
twas: 5
cock: 5
morning: 5
holds: 5
brains: 5
forgot: 5
seems: 5
danish: 5
foils: 5
shalt: 5
bernardo: 5
natural: 5
knew: 5
twelve: 5
stir: 5
liberty: 5
terms: 5
nunnery: 5
man's: 5
year: 5
went: 5
trumpet: 5
vile: 5
kingdom: 5
honesty: 5
sudden: 5
over: 5
impart: 5
motive: 5
moon: 5
hearing: 5
kill'd: 5
colour: 5
methinks: 5
commission: 5
quiet: 5
gentle: 5
fault: 5
thyself: 5
mass: 5
brief: 5
countenance: 5
course: 5
morrow: 5
dread: 5
figure: 5
whereon: 5
souls: 5
sound: 5
read: 5
carriages: 5
making: 5
next: 5
gallows: 4
closes: 4
closet: 4
affection: 4
frame: 4
cousin: 4
bore: 4
poison: 4
worm: 4
entertainment: 4
bones: 4
breathe: 4
shortly: 4
honour'd: 4
sigh: 4
tend: 4
silence: 4
months: 4
polack: 4
fight: 4
property: 4
cunning: 4
leisure: 4
sith: 4
modesty: 4
sits: 4
practise: 4
above: 4
mortal: 4
wide: 4
occasion: 4
pleasure: 4
didst: 4
glad: 4
fain: 4
deliver: 4
cursed: 4
wild: 4
died: 4
cries: 4
commandment: 4
wits: 4
burial: 4
straight: 4
hang: 4
meant: 4
image: 4
warrant: 4
speed: 4
clouds: 4
angel: 4
grown: 4
incestuous: 4
native: 4
freely: 4
month: 4
high: 4
assume: 4
gifts: 4
strong: 4
direct: 4
spring: 4
treasure: 4
certain: 4
throat: 4
follows: 4
kept: 4
wittenberg: 4
methought: 4
commend: 4
thence: 4
rose: 4
sleeping: 4
sometimes: 4
brow: 4
herein: 4
instant: 4
censure: 4
pate: 4
forget: 4
wonder: 4
maker: 4
others: 4
secret: 4
birth: 4
drift: 4
tale: 4
lights: 4
hence: 4
thrice: 4
send: 4
thrift: 4
pity: 4
imagination: 4
return'd: 4
sorry: 4
fingers: 4
wear: 4
lands: 4
weep: 4
stop: 4
dreams: 4
poison'd: 4
cannon: 4
weeds: 4
under: 4
ready: 4
elsinore: 4
deep: 4
favour: 4
slave: 4
bestow: 4
ease: 4
prologue: 4
gain: 4
giving: 4
spade: 4
possible: 4
blame: 4
sends: 4
mock: 4
heat: 4
hecuba: 4
quality: 4
motion: 4
calls: 4
twice: 4
imports: 4
discretion: 4
happy: 4
bosom: 4
unnatural: 4
pause: 4
twill: 4
snow: 4
house: 4
violent: 4
quantity: 4
argument: 4
habit: 4
lead: 4
twenty: 4
white: 4
consent: 4
main: 4
person: 4
stars: 4
violence: 4
dumb: 4
lend: 4
pastoral: 4
lives: 4
stronger: 4
need: 4
length: 4
tender: 4
kill: 4
quite: 4
lest: 4