Letter frequency in the English language - e t a o i n s r h l d c u m f p g w y b v k x j q z. There is a word devised to commit some of this list to memory 'Etaoin Shrdlu. There are other common lists however, in Press Reporting, in Religious writings, Scientific writing, General fiction and even on the old system of Morse Code. The first twelve letters in the above list occur in 80% of all words in the English language
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The longest word that can be found in the dictionary is, Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. This word contains 45 letters. There are longer words that have been used in science but none of them have been coined as official words.
The letter "S" has the most words in the dictionary, as it is used to form plurals, verb conjugations, and adjectives.