The Tragedy of Richard the Third: 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:
420
your:
274
with:
246
lord:
221
thou:
210
this:
201
have:
196
what:
163
will:
154
thee:
133
good:
120
shall:
107
from:
101
then:
93
king:
87
which:
85
they:
85
their:
83
when:
80
come:
80
well:
77
death:
70
were:
70
would:
66
upon:
66
hath:
65
love:
64
them:
63
grace:
60
here:
57
more:
54
than:
51
i'll:
49
tell:
48
make:
47
soul:
46
where:
45
there:
45
should:
44
time:
44
these:
44
some:
44
clarence:
43
edward:
43
give:
43
take:
42
myself:
42
mother:
42
brother:
42
mine:
42
like:
41
blood:
40
live:
40
dead:
39
richard:
39
buckingham:
38
made:
38
duke:
37
noble:
37
heart:
36
done:
35
doth:
35
never:
35
know:
34
must:
34
think:
34
cannot:
33
queen:
33
hastings:
33
friends:
32
look:
31
poor:
31
richmond:
31
thus:
30
hear:
30
speak:
30
unto:
30
life:
30
much:
29
fair:
29
most:
29
madam:
28
royal:
28
fear:
28
such:
28
long:
28
bloody:
28
eyes:
28
night:
28
morrow:
28
news:
28
tower:
27
both:
27
peace:
27
prince:
27
gracious:
27
father:
26
heaven:
26
gentle:
26
name:
26
holy:
25
wife:
25
world:
25
hand:
25
those:
25
true:
25
york:
24
being:
24
again:
24
before:
23
children:
22
even:
22
bear:
22
edward's:
22
daughter:
21
uncle:
21
been:
21
deep:
21
against:
21
catesby:
21
sweet:
21
still:
21
mind:
21
leave:
20
gloucester:
20
curse:
20
dear:
20
happy:
20
therefore:
20
husband:
20
cousin:
19
other:
19
sleep:
19
since:
19
sovereign:
19
god's:
19
horse:
19
lords:
19
whom:
18
down:
18
young:
18
head:
18
many:
18
told:
18
little:
18
souls:
18
cause:
17
majesty:
17
doubt:
17
dost:
17
right:
17
hope:
17
better:
17
lives:
17
marry:
16
ever:
16
stay:
16
fight:
16
came:
16
till:
16
might:
16
once:
16
false:
16
fall:
16
days:
16
comes:
16
hast:
16
hate:
16
none:
16
great:
16
arms:
16
kill:
16
rest:
15
mighty:
15
crown:
15
foul:
15
whose:
15
deed:
15
pray:
15
yours:
15
indeed:
15
hell:
15
thought:
15
sorrow:
15
high:
15
rivers:
15
farewell:
15
knows:
15
last:
15
tender:
15
full:
15
thine:
15
makes:
15
stanley:
14
despair:
14
word:
14
away:
14
send:
14
george:
14
looks:
14
please:
14
comfort:
14
place:
14
house:
14
princely:
14
could:
14
mean:
14
thyself:
14
every:
14
within:
14
battle:
13
shame:
13
liege:
13
call:
13
each:
13
about:
13
honour:
13
didst:
13
conscience:
13
tongue:
13
help:
13
heavy:
13
stand:
13
after:
13
dream:
13
cold:
12
into:
12
thereof:
12
first:
12
earth:
12
hour:
12
else:
12
murder:
12
loss:
12
lady:
12
forth:
12
power:
12
land:
12
thank:
12
wrong:
12
swear:
12
kind:
12
hands:
12
mayor:
12
enemies:
12
bring:
12
devil:
11
child:
11
brothers:
11
grey:
11
just:
11
sent:
11
norfolk:
11
princes:
11
weep:
11
england's:
11
gone:
11
pardon:
11
hold:
11
hours:
11
welcome:
11
keep:
11
state:
11
because:
11
withal:
11
thing:
11
part:
11
himself:
11
saint:
11
fearful:
10
sake:
10
dorset:
10
brother's:
10
citizens:
10
dangerous:
10
back:
10
canst:
10
tent:
10
fortune:
10
wear:
10
very:
10
best:
10
tears:
10
while:
10
grant:
10
sword:
10
field:
10
meet:
10
charge:
10
nothing:
10
need:
10
lest:
10
sons:
10
england:
10
ratcliff:
10
boar:
10
said:
10
strike:
9
remember:
9
alas:
9
loves:
9
save:
9
hither:
9
shalt:
9
says:
9
pity:
9
side:
9
thoughts:
9
slain:
9
widow:
9
cursed:
9
wilt:
9
tyrrel:
9
wish:
9
kingdom:
9
loving:
9
faith:
9
means:
9
grandam:
9
bosom:
9
presence:
9
there's:
9
revenge:
9
guilty:
9
beseech:
9
hearts:
9
villain:
9
break:
9
prove:
9
father's:
9
margaret:
9
beauty:
9
lordship:
9
draw:
9
brief:
9
pomfret:
9
times:
9
shore:
8
tale:
8
call'd:
8
kindred:
8
hence:
8
self:
8
look'd:
8
follow:
8
gentlemen:
8
wail:
8
want:
8
counsel:
8
though:
8
hadst:
8
face:
8
mortal:
8
fellow:
8
deadly:
8
curses:
8
black:
8
slaughter:
8
suit:
8
straight:
8
lost:
8
vaughan:
8
return:
8
kill'd:
8
plantagenet:
8
grave:
8
entreat:
8
traitor:
8
scorn:
8
proud:
8
dull:
8
france:
8
friend:
8
thousand:
8
victory:
8
issue:
8
sanctuary:
8
guess:
8
virtuous:
8
wretched:
8
learn:
8
golden:
8
body:
8
twas:
7
bold:
7
without:
7
womb:
7
mercy:
7
towards:
7
gentleman:
7
another:
7
babes:
7
mother's:
7
stabb'd:
7
themselves:
7
hatred:
7
glory:
7
foot:
7
dreams:
7
damned:
7
wept:
7
wert:
7
promise:
7
amen:
7
ears:
7
enemy:
7
charity:
7
betwixt:
7
unless:
7
quoth:
7
years:
7
over:
7
harm:
7
plain:
7
twere:
7
witness:
7
rather:
7
christian:
7
almost:
7
know'st:
7
quiet:
7
truth:
7
urge:
7
left:
7
person:
7
anne:
7
yield:
7
either:
7
prayers:
7
kept:
7
post:
7
grief:
7
william:
7
methought:
7
drown:
7
duty:
7
lancaster:
7
course:
7
march:
7
corse:
7
title:
7
blunt:
7
slew:
7
woes:
7
believe:
6
same:
6
seat:
6
birth:
6
order:
6
dispatch:
6
talk:
6
o'clock:
6
breath:
6
reason:
6
grievous:
6
wives:
6
beat:
6
henry:
6
queen's:
6
answer:
6
fool:
6
thrive:
6
leisure:
6
voice:
6
protector:
6
words:
6
peers:
6
only:
6
awake:
6
haste:
6
gain:
6
degree:
6
died:
6
touch:
6
reasons:
6
blame:
6
teach:
6
prey:
6
happiness:
6
highness:
6
warrant:
6
plead:
6
flourish:
6
turn:
6
find:
6
hide:
6
heard:
6
laid:
6
blind:
6
angry:
6
bitter:
6
quick:
6
present:
6
until:
6
sight:
6
near:
6
play:
6
guard:
6
less:
6
nature:
6
company:
6
open:
6
defend:
6
attend:
6
pass:
6
paul:
6
pretty:
6
safe:
6
patience:
6
surrey:
5
claim:
5
living:
5
morning:
5
heart's:
5
repent:
5
thomas:
5
kings:
5
seen:
5
book:
5
whither:
5
things:
5
virtue:
5
health:
5
grow:
5
alive:
5
provoked:
5
broken:
5
business:
5
tewksbury:
5
liberty:
5
sirs:
5
purpose:
5
deserve:
5
gold:
5
three:
5
reward:
5
traitors:
5
master:
5
deeds:
5
thither:
5
weary:
5
pleasure:
5
intend:
5
king's:
5
slave:
5
deserved:
5
earl:
5
expect:
5
glass:
5
deny:
5
wine:
5
accursed:
5
fast:
5
wise:
5
soldiers:
5
sends:
5
neither:
5
spake:
5
effect:
5
wherefore:
5
revenged:
5
joys:
5
hark:
5
direction:
5
weeping:
5
clouds:
5
lose:
5
shallow:
5
several:
5
subject:
5
bless:
5
service:
5
melancholy:
5
desire:
5
sister:
5
stroke:
5
lawful:
5
adversaries:
5
crown'd:
5
spirit:
5
light:
5
along:
5
fault:
5
salisbury:
5
scarce:
5
late:
5
london:
5
dignity:
5
smother'd:
5
whether:
5
humour:
5
party:
5
lived:
5
toad:
5
assured:
5
uncles:
5
army:
5
throne:
5
miserable:
5
heirs:
5
determined:
5
cousins:
5
breathing:
5
pain:
5
thence:
5
fares:
5
derby:
5
o'er:
5
sleeping:
5
pale:
5
wherein:
5
soon:
5
forward:
5
cheer:
5
ancient:
5
having:
5
given:
5
together:
5
rage:
5
henry's:
5
close:
5
patient:
5
country's:
5
sound:
5
woman:
5
untimely:
5
whilst:
5
meaning:
5
outward:
4
abroad:
4
height:
4
swords:
4
seas:
4
imprisonment:
4
pleasing:
4
guiltless:
4
drum:
4
wounds:
4
commanded:
4
meantime:
4
prime:
4
ghost:
4
wont:
4
offended:
4
breast:
4
born:
4
lovel:
4
poison:
4
paper:
4
captain:
4
other's:
4
margaret's:
4
destruction:
4
harvest:
4
harry:
4
humble:
4
world's:
4
humbly:
4
hopes:
4
quarrel:
4
beggar:
4
shortly:
4
chamber:
4
doom:
4
sharp:
4
castle:
4
wronged:
4
record:
4
stones:
4
mistress:
4
growth:
4
entertain:
4
delay:
4
rise:
4
cross:
4
struck:
4
watch:
4
become:
4
fond:
4
reverend:
4
account:
4
butcher'd:
4
form:
4
care:
4
brought:
4
four:
4
withdraw:
4
coward:
4
debt:
4
vantage:
4
spoke:
4
under:
4
slaughter'd:
4
toward:
4
ready:
4
bids:
4
betide:
4
home:
4
fled:
4
small:
4
idle:
4
supper:
4
chamberlain:
4
committed:
4
tyranny:
4
favour:
4
murderous:
4
designs:
4
dreadful:
4
zounds:
4
yourself:
4
fame:
4
found:
4
load:
4
fairer:
4
cries:
4
behold:
4
isle:
4
youth:
4
peevish:
4
men's:
4
sudden:
4
wouldst:
4
buried:
4
wrongs:
4
haply:
4
smooth:
4
heed:
4
subjects:
4
heads:
4
speed:
4
endure:
4
afraid:
4
smile:
4
stood:
4
presently:
4
regiment:
4
let's:
4
nurse:
4
councils:
4
changed:
4