E is ...

... the most commonly used letter of the alphabet in the English language

A study in the Seventies showed that for every 100 occurrences of the letter E, the other letters of the alphabet occur as follows:

T (71)

A (64)

I (63)

N, O and S (56)

R (49)

H (42)

D and L (35)

U (31)

C (27)

F and M (20)

W and Y (18)

P (17)

B and G (14)

V (10)

K (6)

Q (4)

J and X (3)

Z (2)

I have no further details of the study. The chart was taken from a question and answer column in the British newspaper, the Daily Mail.

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