Twelfth Night, or What You Will: 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:
275
your:
172
this:
172
with:
167
will:
156
have:
138
thou:
131
what:
129
thee:
90
good:
81
love:
81
shall:
76
lady:
72
come:
71
well:
66
would:
65
more:
59
fool:
58
i'll:
56
here:
50
than:
50
know:
49
make:
48
some:
47
there:
45
like:
42
very:
41
then:
40
give:
39
from:
37
much:
37
lord:
37
were:
36
hath:
36
toby:
35
upon:
34
such:
34
think:
34
when:
33
most:
33
madam:
32
malvolio:
30
they:
30
must:
29
hand:
29
where:
29
never:
29
tell:
28
take:
27
peace:
26
should:
26
though:
26
heart:
26
time:
25
speak:
25
great:
25
these:
25
them:
25
hold:
24
which:
24
does:
23
away:
23
comes:
23
house:
23
mine:
23
might:
22
youth:
22
knight:
22
he's:
21
gentleman:
21
sweet:
21
faith:
20
there's:
20
true:
20
nothing:
20
into:
19
better:
19
again:
19
cesario:
18
done:
17
niece:
17
dear:
17
fellow:
17
matter:
17
before:
17
letter:
17
could:
17
life:
17
topas:
16
myself:
16
reason:
16
been:
16
indeed:
16
therefore:
16
keep:
16
soul:
16
leave:
15
even:
15
thus:
15
excellent:
15
andrew:
15
call:
15
master:
15
cannot:
15
fair:
15
pray:
15
none:
15
since:
15
after:
15
their:
15
name:
15
still:
15
enough:
15
devil:
14
alas:
14
three:
14
hast:
14
count:
14
every:
14
prithee:
14
olivia:
13
marry:
13
ever:
13
what's:
13
doth:
13
answer:
13
please:
13
hear:
13
find:
13
made:
13
night:
13
word:
12
mistress:
12
dost:
12
till:
12
being:
12
world:
12
brother:
12
rather:
12
that's:
12
thing:
12
little:
12
both:
11
drink:
11
face:
11
fear:
11
wits:
11
look:
11
smile:
11
desire:
11
nature:
11
eyes:
11
is't:
11
mind:
11
bring:
11
live:
11
read:
11
believe:
10
hurt:
10
bear:
10
father:
10
about:
10
first:
10
hope:
10
favour:
10
else:
10
young:
10
antonio:
10
illyria:
10
years:
10
yellow:
10
heard:
10
sister:
10
madonna:
10
alone:
10
poor:
10
prove:
10
play:
10
kind:
10
woman:
10
said:
10
without:
9
hither:
9
another:
9
cross:
9
once:
9
blood:
9
death:
9
words:
9
wise:
9
place:
9
sure:
9
state:
9
noble:
9
song:
9
part:
9
remember:
8
troth:
8
challenge:
8
send:
8
stay:
8
whom:
8
between:
8
fortune:
8
other:
8
pains:
8
care:
8
honour:
8
best:
8
yourself:
8
hour:
8
against:
8
orsino's:
8
money:
8
greatness:
8
jove:
8
fortunes:
8
servant:
8
tongue:
8
those:
8
thought:
8
friends:
8
while:
8
stockings:
8
farewell:
8
stand:
8
sword:
8
fools:
8
thyself:
8
valour:
8
bloody:
8
knave:
8
draw:
8
morrow:
8
told:
8
took:
8
sebastian:
8
passion:
8
himself:
8
for't:
7
cousin:
7
born:
7
sent:
7
write:
7
master's:
7
right:
7
walk:
7
down:
7
become:
7
gartered:
7
lady's:
7
whose:
7
wilt:
7
degree:
7
fare:
7
orsino:
7
unless:
7
yours:
7
longer:
7
worth:
7
hang:
7
long:
7
help:
7
rogue:
7
fabian:
7
church:
7
legs:
7
people:
7
present:
7
late:
7
many:
7
something:
7
lies:
7
foolish:
7
full:
7
thine:
7
folly:
7
rain:
7
show:
7
town:
6
free:
6
twas:
6
things:
6
loves:
6
save:
6
shalt:
6
music:
6
ring:
6
quickly:
6
madness:
6
fresh:
6
sing:
6
water:
6
came:
6
voice:
6
coward:
6
above:
6
under:
6
home:
6
occasion:
6
dark:
6
darkness:
6
pleasure:
6
we'll:
6
sport:
6
kinsman:
6
fall:
6
manner:
6
suit:
6
worse:
6
half:
6
warrant:
6
in't:
6
bosom:
6
service:
6
madman:
6
catch:
6
device:
6
besides:
6
strong:
6
note:
6
he'll:
6
heaven:
6
purse:
6
gentle:
6
praise:
6
either:
6
opinion:
6
friend:
6
on't:
6
thousand:
6
swear:
6
speech:
6
having:
6
given:
6
within:
6
question:
6
makes:
6
same:
5
takes:
5
cause:
5
seen:
5
perchance:
5
work:
5
paper:
5
bound:
5
captain:
5
rest:
5
drowned:
5
back:
5
grow:
5
bade:
5
quarrel:
5
beard:
5
merry:
5
goes:
5
thoughts:
5
cunning:
5
further:
5
vent:
5
gone:
5
man's:
5
four:
5
cast:
5
understand:
5
enemy:
5
deny:
5
dishonest:
5
contempt:
5
saved:
5
head:
5
gate:
5
means:
5
hard:
5
notable:
5
ladyship:
5
let's:
5
hell:
5
fire:
5
forth:
5
offence:
5
heavens:
5
spirit:
5
thank:
5
know'st:
5
proof:
5
light:
5
grave:
5
mean:
5
last:
5
wrong:
5
fooling:
5
near:
5
horse:
5
strange:
5
soft:
5
liver:
5
kill:
5
less:
5
behind:
5
beauty:
5
company:
5
open:
5
drew:
5
dream:
5
lips:
5
gull:
5
pass:
5
souls:
5
opposite:
5
coming:
4
sake:
4
accost:
4
morning:
4
count's:
4
pursue:
4
seek:
4
seem:
4
approach:
4
call'd:
4
virtue:
4
breath:
4
needs:
4
shame:
4
perhaps:
4
says:
4
sick:
4
pity:
4
follow:
4
beggar:
4
side:
4
answer'd:
4
it's:
4
foes:
4
youth's:
4
purpose:
4
abused:
4
recompense:
4
appear:
4
false:
4
went:
4
scruple:
4
to't:
4
here's:
4
drunken:
4
sooth:
4
saying:
4
taste:
4
deliver:
4
gown:
4
promise:
4
black:
4
throw:
4
e'er:
4
parson:
4
danger:
4
died:
4
enter:
4
woman's:
4
coxcomb:
4
flower:
4
married:
4
neither:
4
acquaintance:
4
drinking:
4
image:
4
mouth:
4
motion:
4
malvolio's:
4
afraid:
4
hate:
4
happy:
4
tune:
4
voyage:
4
taint:
4
lost:
4
exquisite:
4
sense:
4
lack:
4
hours:
4
melancholy:
4
welcome:
4
i'ld:
4
return:
4
she's:
4
move:
4
colour:
4
laid:
4
truly:
4
methinks:
4
nose:
4
assure:
4
lead:
4
maid:
4
almost:
4
serve:
4
trust:
4
sworn:
4
beseech:
4
command:
4
left:
4
plague:
4
certain:
4
estate:
4
scarce:
4
stars:
4
fiend:
4
anon:
4
cruel:
4
break:
4
itself:
4
sighs:
4
sight:
4
wench:
4
mary:
4
methought:
4
remedy:
4
report:
4
uncivil:
4
mend:
4
o'er:
4
remembrance:
4
speaks:
4
you'll:
4
sometimes:
4
willing:
4
hands:
4
gives:
4
together:
4
third:
4
maria:
4
sway:
4
husband:
4
smiling:
4
wonder:
4
already:
4
picture:
4
manners:
4
arguments:
3
observe:
3
drawn:
3
sirrah:
3
rare:
3
salt:
3
turned:
3
messenger:
3
behavior:
3
brains:
3
taken:
3
clear:
3
obey:
3
brother's:
3
shows:
3
book:
3
orchard:
3
seems:
3
tabour:
3
mercy:
3
rich:
3
ignorance:
3
ride:
3
embrace:
3
invention:
3
appetite:
3
shake:
3
undertake:
3
confess:
3
humble:
3
natural:
3
disposition:
3
shape:
3
private:
3
puritan:
3
imagination:
3
yond:
3
confine:
3
laugh:
3
silence:
3
months:
3
themselves:
3
beat:
3
wear:
3
proper:
3
terms:
3
aguecheek:
3
fight:
3
foot:
3
text:
3
constant:
3
comfort:
3
counsel:
3
vice:
3
form:
3
delight:
3
parentage:
3
hadst:
3
trick:
3
practise:
3
pardon:
3
brought:
3
delivered:
3
bide:
3
toward:
3
mortal:
3
ready:
3
holy:
3
hardly:
3
she'll:
3
defy:
3
wife:
3
adore:
3
herself:
3
patched:
3
only:
3
awake:
3
barren:
3
safety:
3
drunk:
3
cruelty:
3
wind:
3
gait:
3
gracious:
3
odours:
3
hair:
3
persons:
3
wherefore:
3
haply:
3
over:
3
calls:
3
regard:
3
galliard:
3
stone:
3
circumstance:
3
achieve:
3
servants:
3
obstruction:
3
double:
3
grace:
3
do't:
3
pangs:
3
fetch:
3
elephant:
3
ground:
3
turn:
3
tears:
3
twill:
3
bless:
3
looked:
3
favours:
3
travel:
3
element:
3
five:
3
capacity:
3
bounty:
3
item:
3
white:
3
kindness:
3
modest:
3
known:
3
valiant:
3
knows:
3
perceive:
3
brain:
3
truth:
3
gently:
3
entreat:
3
jewel:
3
fault:
3
viola:
3
fancy:
3
jest:
3
unto:
3
begin:
3
witty:
3
assurance:
3
follows:
3
proud:
3
humour:
3
parts:
3
duke:
3
office:
3
because:
3
desperate:
3
waves:
3
bred:
3
wisdom:
3
thief:
3
guard:
3
lest:
3
king:
3
writ:
3
steward:
3
duty:
3
pass'd:
3
wherein:
3
brief:
3
oath:
3
attend:
3
hideous:
3
allow:
3
point:
3
enemies:
3
sides:
3
close:
3
complexion:
3
mayst:
3
mistake:
3
virtuous:
3
midnight:
3
golden:
3
least:
3
excellently:
3
patience:
3
uses:
3
frown:
2
outward:
2
envy:
2
invisible:
2
suits:
2
south:
2
cressida:
2
women:
2
habits:
2
belike:
2
shut:
2
allowed:
2
secret:
2
highest:
2
seal:
2
necessity:
2
draught:
2
priest:
2
cypress:
2
welkin:
2
breeding:
2
woodcock:
2
amend:
2
birth:
2
grey:
2
pranks:
2
bond:
2
fill'd:
2