Frequency of codas of English monomorphemic monosyllables

Words are from the Random House Dictionary, 2nd ed. Word frequencies are weighted by the frequencies in the Brown corpus (Francis & Kucera).

Counting 0 freqs in Brown as 0.3

106 different coda.

Number of instances of each coda
VowelWord TypesWord TokensExamples
374200234.3a,awe,aye,baa,bay,be,Bea,beau,bee,bey,birr,blew,I
D651016.4age,badge,bridge,budge,cadge,cage,dirge,dodge,raj
G712759.2bang,bhang,Bing,bong,bring,bung,clang,cling,clung
Gk811075.2ankh,banc,bank,blank,blink,brink,bronc,bunk,chink
Gkq2253.0length,strength
Gks83.1branks,hunks,jinks,jinx,lynx,Manx,minx,sphinx
Gkst12.0angst
Gkt10.3tinct
Q2268.9bathe,blithe,Blythe,breathe,clothe,lathe,lithe
S79621.8ash,bash,blush,Boche,bosh,brash,broche,brush,bush
T1038002.2aitch,bach,batch,beach,beech,birch,bitch,bleach
Z64.2beige,loge,luge,plage,rouge,taj
b111642.0abb,Abe,babe,bib,bibb,blab,bleb,blob,blub,blurb
bz51.5Babs,dibs,nibs,plebs,vibes
d25123066.7ad,add,aid,aide,bad,bade,baud,bawd,bead,bed,bid
dq221.0breadth,width
dst119.0midst
dz518.6adz,duds,ides,Rhodes,suds
f1084976.1baff,beef,bluff,brief,buff,buffe,calf,chafe,chaff
fq138.0fifth
ft30761.0aft,cleft,craft,croft,daft,deft,draft,drift,eft
g1101011.5bag,beg,beg,berg,big,bog,brag,brig,brogue,bug,cog
k2879228.4ache,auk,back,bake,balk,beak,beck,bike,black,bloc
ks40730.8ax,box,Brooks,coax,cox,crux,dux,ex,fix,flax,flex
kst4455.6next,sext,sixte,text
kt10772.6act,bract,duct,fact,pact,Pict,sect,strict,tact
l32815099.3ail,aisle,Al,ale,all,awl,bael,bail,bale,ball,bawl
lD27.0bilge,bulge
lS24.3welsh,Welsh
lT89.8belch,culch,filch,gulch,milch,mulch,pilch,squelch
lb27.3alb,bulb
ld313346.8bald,bold,build,child,cold,field,fjeld,fold,geld
lf14143.5Alf,elf,golf,Guelph,gulf,pelf,Ralph,Rolf,self
lfq15.0twelfth
lft10.3delft
lk1283.8bilk,bulk,calque,elk,hulk,ilk,milk,silk,skulk
lks20.6calx,falx
lkt10.3mulct
lm6121.6culm,elm,film,helm,realm,whelm
lp12327.8alp,golp,gulp,help,kelp,palp,pulp,scalp,sculp
lps11.0Phelps
lpt10.3sculpt
lq5135.0filth,health,stealth,tilth,wealth
ls5223.6dulse,else,false,grilse,pulse
lst10.3whilst
lt44698.6alt,belt,bolt,built,Celt,celt,colt,cult,dealt
lts21.3schmaltz,waltz
lv772.2delve,helve,salve,shelve,solve,twelve,valve
lvz14.0wolves
lz44.9dalles,dells,gules,Miles
m21018108.1aim,am,balm,beam,berm,blame,bloom,bomb,bombe,boom
mf23.0lymph,nymph
mp58237.4amp,blimp,bump,camp,champ,chimp,chump,clamp,clomp
mps316.6dumps,glimpse,mumps
mpt313.3kempt,prompt,tempt
mt10.3dreamt
mz3102.6alms,James,jams
n31555942.9an,Ann,Anne,awn,ban,bane,bean,been,ben,Ben,bin,en
nD23532.3binge,blunge,change,cringe,dinge,flange,fringe
nT44405.3bench,blanch,Blanche,blench,branch,brunch,bunch
nd6333105.9and,band,bend,bind,bland,blend,blende,blind,blond
nq2130.3month,plinth
ns411908.1bounce,cense,chance,dance,dense,dunce,fence,Hanse
nt822674.5ant,aunt,bant,bent,blent,blunt,brant,Brant,Brent
nts39.6blintze,chintz,pants
nz1572.3banns,bonze,bronze,cleanse,frons,gens,glans,Hans
p1954908.5ape,beep,bleep,blip,bloop,bop,burp,cap,cape,cep
pq153.0depth
ps1211.4apse,chaps,copse,craps,cripes,lapse,Ops,schnapps
pt13296.2apt,Copt,crept,crypt,kept,leapt,opt,rapt,script
q539707.5bath,berth,Beth,birth,Booth,booth,both,breath
r19436999.3air,are,are,bar,bare,bear,beer,bier,Blair,blare
rD8631.6barge,charge,forge,George,gorge,large,Marge
rS312.6harsh,kirsch,marsh
rSt10.3borscht
rT9185.9arch,larch,march,March,parch,porch,scorch,starch
rb713.2barb,barbe,carb,forb,garb,orb,sorb
rd271128.4bard,beard,board,card,chard,chord,cord,ford,Ford
rdz20.6cords,hards
rf610.9dwarf,morph,scarf,swarf,wharf,zarf
rg21.3bourg,morgue
rk24513.4arc,ark,bark,Clark,cork,dark,fork,hark,lark,marc
rl749.5Carl,gnarl,jarl,Karl,marl,orle,snarl
rlz196.0Charles
rm12741.9arm,barm,charm,corm,dorm,farm,form,harm,norm,warm
rn20301.8barn,born,borne,cairn,corn,darn,firn,horn,lorn
rp877.5carp,dorp,gorp,harp,scarp,sharp,tarp,warp
rps17.0corpse
rq6291.6forth,garth,Garth,hearth,north,swarth
rs21986.7bourse,coarse,course,dorse,farce,fierce,force
rsk10.3torsk
rst20.6horst,karst
rt371814.9art,Art,Bart,bort,cart,carte,chart,court,dart,ort
rts11.0quartz
rv68.6carve,Harve,Marv,starve,varve,wharve
rz219.3Lars,Mars
s18912740.1ace,as,ass,base,bass,bass,Bess,bis,bless,bliss,os
sk28389.8ask,bask,Basque,bisque,Bosc,bosk,brisk,brusque
sp1137.2asp,clasp,crisp,cusp,gasp,grasp,hasp,lisp,rasp
st928397.7bast,baste,beast,best,blast,blest,boast,boost
sts10.3lists
t35855523.9at,ate,aught,bait,bat,bate,batt,beat,beaut,beet
ts1318.7blitz,fritz,Fritz,grits,groats,hertz,Lutz,quits
v9343201.2brave,calve,cave,chive,clave,cleave,Cleve,Clive
vz51.5beeves,greaves,hives,Ives,vives
z11342836.3as,baize,biz,Blaise,blaze,booze,bouse,braise,buzz

This report was generated by a Perl program.


Webster: Brett Kessler
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Last change 2004-08-27.