calculated from
D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers (161,000 words; 714,018 letters).
Letters
e 86,333
t 57,288
a 52,288
h 50,608
o 48,054
i 44,512
s 43463
n 42,920
r 37,290
d 31,707
l 29, 833
w 18,992
u 18, 127
m 17,869
y 14,462
g 14,178
f 13,297
c 12,971
b 9,282
p 9,265
k 7,169
v 5,053
x 686
j 564
q 512
z 194
Digraphs
he 28169
th 18,592
er 12,935
in 11,883
an 9,787
re 8,541
ar 4,550
en 6,521
ti 2704
te 4,432