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colleen (4679 words)
appears in these lists:
Rime Riche, by colleen
zzyyxx's Words, by zzyyxx
Rhedundant, by Quaxanta
fitting words, by fbharjo
R, by georgielily
eloise's Words, by eloise
the library, by elfflame
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I saw this article cited in several places, but I think it's just for monosyllabic words: Fry, Edward. "The Most Common Phonograms." The Reading Teacher, Vol. 51, No. 7, April, 1998. Also, p. 33 of this title on Google Books has a shorter frequency chart based on Fry.
Thanks rt. That's what I mean - phonograms - but someone must have some numbers on this!
No, yarb, but I suspect the most uncommon word-end-sound is probably '-ongry'!
Heehee. Yarb, is this along the lines of what you're looking for?
It's gotta be "ucket." As in, "There once was a man from Nantucket..."
Does anyone know what the most common rhyme in Engish is? I.e. which word-end-sound (there must be a technical term) ends most words?
(Excluding suffix-style endings like "-ation" and "-ology).