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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:
302
your:
293
with:
200
this:
195
have:
166
what:
123
thou:
111
will:
107
good:
100
would:
89
shall:
82
come:
81
lord:
81
well:
76
angelo:
72
hath:
71
more:
69
know:
65
from:
63
here:
63
brother:
59
must:
58
which:
58
there:
56
most:
54
upon:
51
duke:
49
than:
49
life:
48
then:
46
make:
44
thee:
44
death:
42
were:
42
them:
41
honour:
40
claudio:
40
they:
40
should:
39
speak:
39
friar:
38
i'll:
38
heaven:
38
think:
38
give:
37
like:
37
very:
36
such:
35
when:
34
made:
33
time:
32
some:
32
take:
30
where:
29
love:
29
away:
28
pray:
27
hear:
27
justice:
27
mine:
27
pompey:
26
true:
26
much:
25
master:
25
place:
25
what's:
24
doth:
24
pardon:
24
provost:
24
look:
24
poor:
24
prison:
24
before:
23
isabel:
23
head:
23
grace:
23
their:
23
being:
22
house:
22
morrow:
22
believe:
21
thus:
21
father:
21
other:
21
better:
21
maid:
21
thing:
21
great:
20
he's:
19
been:
19
bawd:
19
might:
19
against:
19
these:
19
live:
19
woman:
19
leave:
18
tell:
18
call:
18
till:
18
whose:
18
again:
18
sister:
18
never:
18
still:
18
bring:
18
word:
17
done:
17
down:
17
comes:
17
find:
17
after:
17
name:
17
that's:
17
himself:
17
even:
16
mercy:
16
though:
16
first:
16
indeed:
16
none:
16
heart:
16
show:
16
ever:
15
hither:
15
myself:
15
barnardine:
15
fellow:
15
fear:
15
world:
15
desire:
15
strange:
15
little:
15
husband:
15
marry:
14
brother's:
14
save:
14
please:
14
purpose:
14
wife:
14
hope:
14
offence:
14
thank:
14
many:
14
nothing:
14
night:
14
body:
14
child:
13
both:
13
whom:
13
dost:
13
face:
13
only:
13
sense:
13
heard:
13
truth:
13
deputy:
13
cause:
12
virtue:
12
shame:
12
answer:
12
gone:
12
once:
12
words:
12
else:
12
faults:
12
hand:
12
those:
12
therefore:
12
rather:
12
could:
12
keep:
12
said:
12
order:
11
right:
11
comfort:
11
vice:
11
cannot:
11
matter:
11
yourself:
11
warrant:
11
tongue:
11
there's:
11
power:
11
meet:
11
prove:
11
kind:
11
soul:
11
enough:
11
women:
10
hence:
10
sent:
10
peace:
10
mistress:
10
false:
10
hold:
10
fair:
10
haste:
10
fare:
10
hast:
10
since:
10
gentle:
10
beseech:
10
nature:
10
eyes:
10
within:
10
froth:
10
news:
10
sirrah:
9
evil:
9
does:
9
alas:
9
born:
9
trade:
9
stay:
9
knew:
9
reason:
9
business:
9
lucio:
9
bear:
9
came:
9
blood:
9
under:
9
holy:
9
here's:
9
youth:
9
return:
9
knows:
9
stand:
9
fault:
9
either:
9
vienna:
9
itself:
9
office:
9
friend:
9
noble:
9
times:
9
free:
8
seems:
8
worship:
8
confess:
8
another:
8
respected:
8
just:
8
three:
8
judge:
8
year:
8
about:
8
home:
8
pleasure:
8
best:
8
prince:
8
found:
8
married:
8
thought:
8
forth:
8
truly:
8
wrong:
8
tapster:
8
remedy:
8
every:
8
thief:
8
full:
8
officer:
8
having:
8
mystery:
7
morning:
7
gentleman:
7
back:
7
pity:
7
into:
7
leisure:
7
proclaim:
7
spoke:
7
condemn'd:
7
hour:
7
crave:
7
goodness:
7
authority:
7
died:
7
gracious:
7
neither:
7
worth:
7
years:
7
stands:
7
long:
7
turn:
7
wrong'd:
7
change:
7
thanks:
7
escalus:
7
state:
7
executed:
7
report:
7
duke's:
7
thousand:
7
less:
7
wicked:
7
hanged:
7
speech:
7
is't:
7
given:
7
makes:
7
cousin:
6
common:
6
rest:
6
between:
6
themselves:
6
liberty:
6
proper:
6
become:
6
appear:
6
man's:
6
practise:
6
dear:
6
sleep:
6
claudio's:
6
fall:
6
young:
6
wise:
6
elbow:
6
means:
6
prisoner:
6
let's:
6
lack:
6
farewell:
6
command:
6
certain:
6
person:
6
yield:
6
prayers:
6
seeming:
6
mark:
6
near:
6
wisdom:
6
advise:
6
you'll:
6
course:
6
told:
6
thine:
6
point:
6
mariana:
6
mind:
6
learn:
6
already:
6
saint:
6
sake:
5
repent:
5
seem:
5
knowledge:
5
things:
5
forfeit:
5
bound:
5
varlet:
5
send:
5
hanging:
5
awhile:
5
isabella:
5
vain:
5
thou'rt:
5
action:
5
tomorrow:
5
juliet:
5
fortune:
5
goes:
5
dead:
5
voice:
5
foul:
5
four:
5
ready:
5
royal:
5
glad:
5
fain:
5
we'll:
5
absent:
5
execution:
5
charity:
5
signior:
5
fast:
5
wish:
5
yours:
5
special:
5
soldier:
5
mouth:
5
harm:
5
sure:
5
dish:
5
do't:
5
fetch:
5
constable:
5
lose:
5
worthy:
5
hearing:
5
friends:
5
service:
5
welcome:
5
accuse:
5
whipt:
5
five:
5
seven:
5
heavens:
5
known:
5
who's:
5
going:
5
instruction:
5
light:
5
advice:
5
entreat:
5
people:
5
present:
5
content:
5
anon:
5
scope:
5
late:
5
prepared:
5
whether:
5
offend:
5
because:
5
thyself:
5
something:
5
kneel:
5
need:
5
king:
5
ignorant:
5
beauty:
5
sweet:
5
brief:
5
part:
5
judgment:
5
sound:
5
sentence:
5
least:
5
needful:
5
coming:
4
outward:
4
twas:
4
devil:
4
others:
4
same:
4
imprisonment:
4
affection:
4
dispatch:
4
remember:
4
seek:
4
seen:
4
troth:
4
cold:
4
restraint:
4
daughter:
4
needs:
4
dangerous:
4
self:
4
thinks:
4
drink:
4
ne'er:
4
request:
4
garden:
4
benefit:
4
sentenced:
4
dishonour:
4
bail:
4
quickly:
4
madness:
4
caitiff:
4
rise:
4
block:
4
carry:
4
fond:
4
fool:
4
trick:
4
proclamation:
4
carried:
4
went:
4
widow:
4
to't:
4
deed:
4
forgive:
4
idle:
4
receive:
4
deliver:
4
redeem:
4
promise:
4
herself:
4
always:
4
drunk:
4
days:
4
touch:
4
severe:
4
suit:
4
worse:
4
half:
4
longer:
4
hang:
4
faith:
4
city:
4
calls:
4
twice:
4
prepare:
4
hark:
4
notice:
4
twere:
4
bosom:
4
plead:
4
witness:
4
lost:
4
honest:
4
subject:
4
help:
4
satisfaction:
4
complaint:
4
morn:
4
houses:
4
wretch:
4
contract:
4
habit:
4
besides:
4
note:
4
proceed:
4
steal:
4
quick:
4
almost:
4
spirit:
4
serve:
4
mean:
4
last:
4
villain:
4
cruel:
4
laws:
4
touch'd:
4
cure:
4
lend:
4
play:
4
lived:
4
soft:
4
visit:
4
quite:
4
swear:
4
prithee:
4
promised:
4
o'er:
4
slander:
4
speaks:
4
company:
4
velvet:
4
respect:
4
lips:
4
together:
4
took:
4
pass:
4
past:
4
continue:
4
souls:
4
marriage:
4
virtuous:
4
next:
4
pluck:
4
question:
4
nine:
4
lodowick:
4
draws:
3
fearful:
3
belike:
3
slip:
3
for't:
3
prayer:
3
secret:
3
fault's:
3
rash:
3
substitute:
3
madam:
3
frail:
3
clear:
3
deceived:
3
talk:
3
offended:
3
persuasion:
3
perchance:
3
ragozine:
3
rich:
3
breath:
3
work:
3
waste:
3
whip:
3
appetite:
3
precise:
3
shalt:
3
vineyard:
3
smallest:
3
hangman:
3
occupation:
3
says:
3
grow:
3
humbly:
3
natural:
3
follow:
3
disposition:
3
beggar:
3
fever:
3
side:
3
strength:
3
becomes:
3
received:
3
alive:
3
sorry:
3
honour's:
3
write:
3
silence:
3
rascal:
3
whence:
3
walk:
3
merry:
3
cunning:
3
public:
3
further:
3
minister:
3
trial:
3
penitent:
3
manifested:
3
letters:
3
coward:
3
deeds:
3
vantage:
3
where's:
3
benefactors:
3
deep:
3
absolute:
3
dare:
3
dark:
3
committed:
3
corrupt:
3
intent:
3
round:
3
favour:
3
piled:
3
quit:
3
e'er:
3
awake:
3
deserves:
3
understand:
3
safety:
3
easy:
3
persuade:
3
manner:
3
supply:
3
maids:
3
dies:
3
gall:
3
pernicious:
3
redress:
3
enter:
3
woman's:
3
thieves:
3
longing:
3
prosperous:
3
sisterhood:
3
behold:
3
attempt:
3
entering:
3
spake:
3
straight:
3
worst:
3
effect:
3
surely:
3
drinking:
3
merely:
3
impossible:
3
abide:
3
motion:
3
speed:
3
gross:
3
spare:
3
letter:
3
measure:
3
presently:
3
happy:
3
double:
3
government:
3
dishes:
3
notorious:
3
loss:
3
ground:
3
loud:
3
detest:
3
fine:
3
hide:
3
lady:
3
i'ld:
3
chance:
3
lawful:
3
suburbs:
3
spirits:
3
partly:
3
nose:
3
strong:
3
greater:
3
brown:
3
gentlewoman:
3
heavy:
3
consent:
3
perpetual:
3
mortality:
3
reprieve:
3
betimes:
3
commission:
3
trust:
3
perceive:
3
pence:
3
grave:
3
according:
3
dukes:
3
abhorson:
3
jest:
3
break:
3
unhappy:
3
discover:
3
acquainted:
3
fools:
3
example:
3
sight:
3
getting:
3
noise:
3
visage:
3
knees:
3
lives:
3
tender:
3
angelo's:
3
lest:
3
unfold:
3
withal:
3
writ:
3
tyrant:
3
often:
3
peril:
3
draw:
3
wherein:
3
fornication:
3
open:
3
willingly:
3
lechery:
3
advantage:
3
oath:
3
attend: