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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:
191
this:
185
thou:
184
with:
129
have:
108
your:
99
thee:
99
will:
80
what:
78
which:
72
they:
69
shall:
61
i'll:
58
more:
56
here:
56
would:
49
their:
47
there:
45
good:
44
when:
43
were:
43
most:
43
like:
43
monster:
43
them:
43
from:
42
upon:
41
make:
41
mine:
41
come:
40
than:
37
then:
37
where:
35
these:
33
some:
33
should:
32
give:
30
king:
30
such:
29
take:
28
well:
26
hath:
26
must:
25
lord:
25
know:
23
time:
23
again:
23
naples:
21
master:
21
hast:
21
speak:
20
milan:
20
spirit:
20
he's:
19
much:
19
whom:
19
father:
19
being:
19
hear:
19
done:
18
dost:
18
very:
18
since:
18
strange:
18
bring:
18
ariel:
17
else:
17
island:
17
daughter:
16
tell:
16
whose:
16
first:
16
never:
16
nothing:
16
ever:
15
does:
15
into:
15
best:
15
forth:
15
that's:
15
life:
15
prithee:
15
trinculo:
15
stephano:
15
cannot:
14
isle:
14
brother:
14
fish:
14
made:
14
could:
14
keep:
14
poor:
14
true:
14
every:
14
brave:
14
thing:
14
shalt:
13
rest:
13
business:
13
doth:
13
though:
13
dear:
13
foul:
13
didst:
13
before:
13
look:
13
find:
13
eyes:
13
thine:
13
hither:
12
both:
12
till:
12
three:
12
pray:
12
indeed:
12
love:
12
great:
12
think:
12
free:
11
even:
11
remember:
11
work:
11
follow:
11
myself:
11
bear:
11
down:
11
might:
11
sleep:
11
cell:
11
long:
11
hark:
11
lost:
11
queen:
11
heart:
11
spirits:
11
prospero:
11
thus:
10
bottle:
10
once:
10
hope:
10
awake:
10
earth:
10
caliban:
10
hand:
10
there's:
10
moon:
10
dukedom:
10
rather:
10
stand:
10
duke:
10
kind:
10
o'er:
10
sweet:
10
night:
10
still:
10
ship:
10
mind:
10
devil:
9
believe:
9
without:
9
hence:
9
word:
9
away:
9
fresh:
9
other:
9
came:
9
comfort:
9
under:
9
hour:
9
against:
9
grace:
9
gonzalo:
9
loss:
9
while:
9
power:
9
heavens:
9
light:
9
after:
9
swear:
9
asleep:
9
tunis:
9
little:
9
shore:
8
beat:
8
been:
8
call:
8
water:
8
widow:
8
honour:
8
king's:
8
e'er:
8
slave:
8
fall:
8
fear:
8
wilt:
8
head:
8
mouth:
8
none:
8
command:
8
left:
8
on't:
8
lies:
8
noble:
8
camest:
8
full:
8
within:
8
live:
8
show:
8
said:
8
leave:
7
mercy:
7
rich:
7
drink:
7
canst:
7
reason:
7
mistress:
7
garments:
7
want:
7
foot:
7
wast:
7
torment:
7
gone:
7
beyond:
7
dead:
7
here's:
7
fair:
7
wine:
7
sycorax:
7
world:
7
place:
7
hang:
7
servant:
7
in't:
7
let's:
7
tongue:
7
fetch:
7
storm:
7
service:
7
freedom:
7
heard:
7
therefore:
7
thank:
7
last:
7
many:
7
mark:
7
name:
7
thyself:
7
friend:
7
play:
7
nature:
7
open:
7
living:
6
things:
6
loved:
6
ferdinand:
6
shape:
6
what's:
6
music:
6
crown:
6
please:
6
liest:
6
further:
6
each:
6
brought:
6
death:
6
matter:
6
language:
6
delicate:
6
lose:
6
fellows:
6
story:
6
subject:
6
help:
6
thought:
6
sorrow:
6
fire:
6
five:
6
green:
6
lead:
6
land:
6
maid:
6
almost:
6
beseech:
6
legs:
6
present:
6
father's:
6
drown:
6
thence:
6
remembrance:
6
line:
6
farther:
6
thunder:
6
told:
6
soul:
6
sebastian:
6
sound:
6
himself:
6
wonder:
6
next:
6
enough:
6
drop:
6
drawn:
5
afeard:
5
wood:
5
weather:
5
born:
5
save:
5
ministers:
5
shake:
5
another:
5
drowned:
5
back:
5
peace:
5
doubt:
5
mariners:
5
looks:
5
thoughts:
5
calf:
5
fool:
5
purpose:
5
beest:
5
care:
5
ceres:
5
four:
5
about:
5
home:
5
fellow:
5
wife:
5
only:
5
ears:
5
yourself:
5
comes:
5
dido:
5
wish:
5
hair:
5
warrant:
5
sure:
5
tune:
5
human:
5
fill:
5
ground:
5
fine:
5
drown'd:
5
strong:
5
boatswain:
5
quick:
5
sometime:
5
state:
5
charge:
5
wench:
5
something:
5
senses:
5
charms:
5
whiles:
5
company:
5
through:
5
kiss:
5
attend:
5
charm:
5
having:
5
given:
5
together:
5
past:
5
marriage:
5
nymphs:
5
miranda:
5
winds:
5
makes:
5
lords:
5
for't:
4
project:
4
same:
4
child:
4
obey:
4
seek:
4
seem:
4
tale:
4
claribel:
4
book:
4
call'd:
4
liquor:
4
juno:
4
cold:
4
bound:
4
needs:
4
bones:
4
seest:
4
labour:
4
natural:
4
pity:
4
suffer:
4
yond:
4
prize:
4
laugh:
4
mother:
4
silence:
4
goodly:
4
fortune:
4
merry:
4
sing:
4
sink:
4
answer:
4
become:
4
blow:
4
weep:
4
recover:
4
case:
4
hold:
4
holy:
4
safely:
4
deep:
4
yare:
4
better:
4
prince:
4
glad:
4
strangely:
4
we'll:
4
drunk:
4
space:
4
works:
4
books:
4
wreck'd:
4
trouble:
4
cried:
4
yours:
4
prosper:
4
worse:
4
half:
4
ashore:
4
perform'd:
4
hard:
4
hate:
4
heir:
4
drowning:
4
several:
4
those:
4
spell:
4
turn:
4
burthen:
4
hours:
4
house:
4
lady:
4
high:
4
catch:
4
stroke:
4
contract:
4
heavy:
4
farewell:
4
confined:
4
he'll:
4
twixt:
4
heaven:
4
serve:
4
roar:
4
gentle:
4
truth:
4
rock:
4
certain:
4
plague:
4
person:
4
mean:
4
devils:
4
hearts:
4
people:
4
prayers:
4
trod:
4
break:
4
grief:
4
prove:
4
sight:
4
drops:
4
jerkin:
4
near:
4
tender:
4
thousand:
4
carthage:
4
scurvy:
4
monstrous:
4
eyed:
4
draw:
4
hands:
4
dream:
4
plot:
4
part:
4
flesh:
4
fury:
4
wreck:
4
sack:
4
roaring:
4
midnight:
4
ambition:
4
least:
4
invisible:
3
women:
3
strike:
3
twas:
3
merrily:
3
salt:
3
play'd:
3
seas:
3
swim:
3
hurt:
3
creature:
3
bold:
3
stomach:
3
brother's:
3
shows:
3
cause:
3
forgot:
3
seen:
3
approach:
3
talk:
3
pile:
3
vision:
3
hatches:
3
pine:
3
alas:
3
virtue:
3
breath:
3
bore:
3
strive:
3
embrace:
3
common:
3
study:
3
ne'er:
3
stuff:
3
excellent:
3
raised:
3
shortly:
3
creatures:
3
twelve:
3
talking:
3
alive:
3
sharp:
3
between:
3
fingers:
3
right:
3
beating:
3
weak:
3
liberty:
3
amazement:
3
goes:
3
carry:
3
watch:
3
heavenly:
3
dwell:
3
howling:
3
bark:
3
pains:
3
second:
3
inclined:
3
cramps:
3
condition:
3
hadst:
3
man's:
3
harmless:
3
pardon:
3
voice:
3
elements:
3
year:
3
cast:
3
control:
3
face:
3
blood:
3
above:
3
flat:
3
false:
3
spoke:
3
ready:
3
tribute:
3
forgive:
3
pinch'd:
3
drunken:
3
darkness:
3
pleasure:
3
release:
3
standing:
3
taste:
3
mountain:
3
words:
3
lower:
3
quit:
3
promise:
3
amen:
3
tempest:
3
barren:
3
supplant:
3
days:
3
vessel:
3
wind:
3
found:
3
monster's:
3
virgin:
3
young:
3
feel:
3
feet:
3
touch:
3
unless:
3
antonio:
3
fast:
3
encounter:
3
bite:
3
hail:
3
destiny:
3
riches:
3
neither:
3
logs:
3
they'll:
3
fairy:
3
wherefore:
3
profit:
3
means:
3
highness:
3
cheerly:
3
twice:
3
waters:
3
subjects:
3
afraid:
3
labours:
3
stood:
3
presently:
3
twere:
3
pitch:
3
clouds:
3
sounds:
3
worthy:
3
although:
3
affections:
3
discharge:
3
witch:
3
friends:
3
welcome:
3
innocent:
3
country:
3
methinks:
3
tree:
3
taught:
3
sleeps:
3
duck:
3
quiet:
3
sword:
3
garment:
3
beheld:
3
bravely:
3
burn:
3
solemn:
3
content:
3
unto:
3
late:
3
butt:
3
whether:
3
cabin:
3
kept:
3
itself:
3
potent:
3
waked:
3
cure:
3
begins:
3
waves:
3
alack:
3
repose:
3
fleet:
3
arms:
3
guard:
3
prison:
3
less:
3
lest:
3
behind:
3
ends:
3
ignorant:
3
tyrant:
3
often:
3
issue:
3
silver:
3
ague:
3
soundly:
3
speaks:
3
perform:
3
wicked:
3
dearest:
3
nimble:
3
sore:
3
sort:
3
pinch:
3
point:
3
pleased:
3
enemies:
3
patient:
3
third:
3
passion:
3
credit:
3
destroy:
3
mayst:
3
cloud:
3
brine:
3
leagues:
3
forget:
3
pluck:
3
patience:
3
frown:
2
tongues:
2
abroad:
2
cheerful:
2
fearful:
2
created:
2
swords:
2
cock:
2
prayer:
2
sirrah:
2
perfect:
2
rare:
2
offer:
2
gallows:
2
marry:
2
morning:
2
daughter's:
2
inch:
2
miracle:
2
kinds:
2
mischance:
2
messenger:
2
hush:
2
rate:
2
spoken:
2
taken:
2
enforce:
2
rotten:
2
celebrate:
2
undrown'd:
2
seed:
2
prime:
2
joints:
2
sees:
2
chins:
2
divine:
2
memory:
2
tame:
2
pulse:
2
seems:
2
topmast:
2
nought:
2
hymen's:
2
minute:
2
omit: