Sunday, May 15, 2016

Just for fun...word frequency in Romeo and Juliet

Every once in a while, just for fun, I run a word frequency count on a Shakespeare play. The results probably don't mean a whole lot but they do give kind of an interesting look at what language is used most in the play.

Here are some of the top words used in Romeo and Juliet and how often they appear (including stage directions):

     romeo       Count:   294
     you       Count:   291
     thou       Count:   276
     me       Count:   264
     not       Count:   258
     with       Count:   251
     juliet       Count:   176
     thy       Count:   167
     what       Count:   164
     will       Count:   147
     nurse       Count:   143
     thee       Count:   139
     love       Count:   135
     capulet       Count:   133
     shall       Count:   110
     lady       Count:   105
     come       Count:   97
     friar       Count:   97
     ill       Count:   84
     mercutio       Count:   83
     now       Count:   82
     good       Count:   82
     benvolio       Count:   80
     death       Count:   69
     well       Count:   68
     night       Count:   68
     tybalt       Count:   67
     we       Count:   66
     man       Count:   64
     there       Count:   64
     hath       Count:   63
     our       Count:   60
     paris       Count:   59
     their       Count:   47
     give       Count:   47
     yet       Count:   47
     doth       Count:   47
     dead       Count:   47
     let       Count:   45
     tell       Count:   45
     fair       Count:   43
     day       Count:   42
     take       Count:   41
     montague       Count:   41
     first       Count:   33
     prince       Count:   33
     sweet       Count:   33
     gone       Count:   33

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