I don't know where I found this list many years ago, but it just resurfaced from the depths of my hard drive. It shows the frequency of letters from the Roman Alphabet used in the English language. How somebody came up with this list, I do not know. It may have come from a list of every single word in the English language or it may have come from the analysis of a book such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
No surprise that the vowels put in a strong showing. I was disappointed with the performance of the letter J in 25th place.
List of most frequently used letters:
| Letter | Frequency | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| E | 11.16% | 1 |
| A | 8.50% | 2 |
| R | 7.58% | 3 |
| I | 7.54% | 4 |
| O | 7.16% | 5 |
| T | 6.95% | 6 |
| N | 6.65% | 7 |
| S | 5.74% | 8 |
| L | 5.49% | 9 |
| C | 4.54% | 10 |
| U | 3.63% | 11 |
| D | 3.38% | 12 |
| P | 3.17% | 13 |
| M | 3.01% | 14 |
| H | 3.00% | 15 |
| G | 2.47% | 16 |
| B | 2.07% | 17 |
| F | 1.81% | 18 |
| Y | 1.78% | 19 |
| W | 1.29% | 20 |
| K | 1.10% | 21 |
| V | 1.01% | 22 |
| X | 0.29% | 23 |
| Z | 0.27% | 24 |
| J | 0.20% | 25 |
| Q | 0.20% | 26 |