The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: 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