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November 16, 2011 13:24
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Frequency table of English phonemes
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| 773 ɪ | |
| 750 ə | |
| 547 n | |
| 489 t | |
| 480 ː | |
| 393 d | |
| 334 s | |
| 327 a | |
| 304 l | |
| 296 e | |
| 285 r | |
| 274 m | |
| 222 ð | |
| 220 ʊ | |
| 207 i | |
| 188 z | |
| 180 k | |
| 177 w | |
| 156 æ | |
| 154 ʌ | |
| 154 u | |
| 140 v | |
| 140 b | |
| 131 f | |
| 116 j | |
| 106 ɒ | |
| 105 ɔ | |
| 102 h | |
| 98 ŋ | |
| 85 p | |
| 55 ʃ | |
| 53 g | |
| 52 ɑ | |
| 44 θ | |
| 31 ʒ | |
| 31 ɜ | |
| 9 o |
technically, /h/ is a fricative, and not an approximant
what was the methodology here? this gist has a bit of seo optimization so i think it would be beneficial to clarify what biases it might have
Good question. It's been a long time, but according to my notes I used an IPA transcription of The Tempest which no longer appears to be online, and another sample of transcriptions of people pronouncing common words in the UK. I didn't record which source that was. Sorry that I can't be of any further help! If this is something that interests people, I welcome new phonemic frequency survey results (with better sourcing) added to this gist as comments.
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consonants
547 n
489 t
393 d
334 s
274 m
222 ð
188 z
180 k
140 v
140 b
131 f
98 ŋ
85 p
55 ʃ
53 g
44 θ
31 ʒ
approximants
304 l
285 r
177 w
116 j
102 h
vowels
773 ɪ
750 ə
480 ː
327 a
296 e
220 ʊ
207 i
156 æ
154 ʌ
154 u
106 ɒ
105 ɔ
52 ɑ
31 ɜ
9 o