ENGLISH TRIGRAMS

The ninety-eight most frequent English trigrams, combining a count of 20,000 trigrams by Fletcher Pratt, in “Secret and Urgent,” supposed not to include overlaps between words, and 5,000 by Frank R. Fraprie, including overlaps. This table and the following one are not referred to in the text, having been compiled since the completion of the book.

THE	1182	HER	170	HIS	130	ITH	111
ING	356	ATE	165	RES	125	TED	110
AND	284	VER	159	ILL	118	AIN	108
ION	252	TER	157	ARE	117	EST	106
ENT	246	THA	155	CON	114	MAN	101
FOR	191	ATI	148	NCE	113	RED	101
TIO	188	HAT	138	ALL	111	THI	100
ERE	173	ERS	135	EVE	111	IVE	96

REA	95	INE	73	ORE	65	ART	58
WIT	93	WHI	71	BUT	64	NTE	58
ONS	92	OVE	71	OUT	63	RAT	58
ESS	90	TIN	71	URE	63	TUR	58
AVE	84	AST	70	STR	62	ICA	57
PER	84	DER	70	TIC	62	ICH	57
ECT	83	OUS	70	AME	61	NDE	57
ONE	83	ROM	70	COM	61	PRE	57
UND	83	VEN	70	OUR	61	ENC	56
INT	80	ARD	69	WER	61	HAS	56
ANT	79	EAR	69	OME	60	WHE	55
HOU	77	DIN	68	EEN	59	WIL	55
MEN	76	STI	68	LAR	59	ERA	54
WAS	76	NOT	67	LES	59	LIN	54
OUN	75	ORT	67	SAN	59	TRA	54
PRO	75	THO	66	STE	59
STA	75	DAY	65	ANY	58

REA	95	INE	73	ORE	65	ART	58
WIT	93	WHI	71	BUT	64	NTE	58
ONS	92	OVE	71	OUT	63	RAT	58
ESS	90	TIN	71	URE	63	TUR	58
AVE	84	AST	70	STR	62	ICA	57
PER	84	DER	70	TIC	62	ICH	57
ECT	83	OUS	70	AME	61	NDE	57
ONE	83	ROM	70	COM	61	PRE	57
UND	83	VEN	70	OUR	61	ENC	56
INT	80	ARD	69	WER	61	HAS	56
ANT	79	EAR	69	OME	60	WHE	55
HOU	77	DIN	68	EEN	59	WIL	55
MEN	76	STI	68	LAR	59	ERA	54
WAS	76	NOT	67	LES	59	LIN	54
OUN	75	ORT	67	SAN	59	TRA	54
PRO	75	THO	66	STE	59
STA	75	DAY	65	ANY	58

REA	95	INE	73	ORE	65	ART	58
WIT	93	WHI	71	BUT	64	NTE	58
ONS	92	OVE	71	OUT	63	RAT	58
ESS	90	TIN	71	URE	63	TUR	58
AVE	84	AST	70	STR	62	ICA	57
PER	84	DER	70	TIC	62	ICH	57
ECT	83	OUS	70	AME	61	NDE	57
ONE	83	ROM	70	COM	61	PRE	57
UND	83	VEN	70	OUR	61	ENC	56
INT	80	ARD	69	WER	61	HAS	56
ANT	79	EAR	69	OME	60	WHE	55
HOU	77	DIN	68	EEN	59	WIL	55
MEN	76	STI	68	LAR	59	ERA	54
WAS	76	NOT	67	LES	59	LIN	54
OUN	75	ORT	67	SAN	59	TRA	54
PRO	75	THO	66	STE	59
STA	75	DAY	65	ANY	58

REA	95	INE	73	ORE	65	ART	58
WIT	93	WHI	71	BUT	64	NTE	58
ONS	92	OVE	71	OUT	63	RAT	58
ESS	90	TIN	71	URE	63	TUR	58
AVE	84	AST	70	STR	62	ICA	57
PER	84	DER	70	TIC	62	ICH	57
ECT	83	OUS	70	AME	61	NDE	57
ONE	83	ROM	70	COM	61	PRE	57
UND	83	VEN	70	OUR	61	ENC	56
INT	80	ARD	69	WER	61	HAS	56
ANT	79	EAR	69	OME	60	WHE	55
HOU	77	DIN	68	EEN	59	WIL	55
MEN	76	STI	68	LAR	59	ERA	54
WAS	76	NOT	67	LES	59	LIN	54
OUN	75	ORT	67	SAN	59	TRA	54
PRO	75	THO	66	STE	59
STA	75	DAY	65	ANY	58