Counting the characters
in the complete works of Shakespeare and
Moby Dick and
in some of Mark Twain's works
The Grand Totals for Mark Twain (i.e. adding up all the numbers for all the
Mark Twain books I counted)
can be found at the very bottom of this page.
Depending on how I edited things, sometimes I counted the characters
in the author's name and story title, along with words like "chapter",
"preface", etc. And if the work was a collection of short stories,
I counted the characters in the names of the individual stories.
The original source of these files was the
Project Gutenberg website.
First the results for "Moby Dick":
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"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
Total number of characters = 931794
E occurs 114462 many times with freq 0.122840
T occurs 86159 many times with freq 0.092466
A occurs 76146 many times with freq 0.081720
O occurs 67815 many times with freq 0.072779
I occurs 64273 many times with freq 0.068978
N occurs 64243 many times with freq 0.068945
S occurs 62846 many times with freq 0.067446
H occurs 61469 many times with freq 0.065968
R occurs 50912 many times with freq 0.054639
L occurs 41969 many times with freq 0.045041
D occurs 37454 many times with freq 0.040196
U occurs 26037 many times with freq 0.027943
M occurs 22817 many times with freq 0.024487
C occurs 22079 many times with freq 0.023695
W occurs 21659 many times with freq 0.023244
F occurs 20401 many times with freq 0.021894
G occurs 20385 many times with freq 0.021877
P occurs 16874 many times with freq 0.018109
B occurs 16530 many times with freq 0.017740
Y occurs 16512 many times with freq 0.017721
V occurs 8457 many times with freq 0.009076
K occurs 7903 many times with freq 0.008481
Q occurs 1512 many times with freq 0.001623
X occurs 1204 many times with freq 0.001292
J occurs 1046 many times with freq 0.001123
Z occurs 630 many times with freq 0.000676
Next, we have the results for the complete works of Shakespeare:
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The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Total number of characters = 3782503
E occurs 446147 many times with freq 0.117950
T occurs 328987 many times with freq 0.086976
O occurs 313890 many times with freq 0.082985
A occurs 288594 many times with freq 0.076297
I occurs 253329 many times with freq 0.066974
S occurs 248518 many times with freq 0.065702
N occurs 242751 many times with freq 0.064177
R occurs 237250 many times with freq 0.062723
H occurs 236584 many times with freq 0.062547
L occurs 169657 many times with freq 0.044853
D occurs 149127 many times with freq 0.039425
U occurs 128697 many times with freq 0.034024
M occurs 111219 many times with freq 0.029404
Y occurs 94173 many times with freq 0.024897
W occurs 89286 many times with freq 0.023605
C occurs 87839 many times with freq 0.023222
F occurs 80333 many times with freq 0.021238
G occurs 68054 many times with freq 0.017992
B occurs 61788 many times with freq 0.016335
P occurs 58249 many times with freq 0.015400
V occurs 37497 many times with freq 0.009913
K occurs 35362 many times with freq 0.009349
X occurs 5217 many times with freq 0.001379
J occurs 4752 many times with freq 0.001256
Q occurs 3577 many times with freq 0.000946
Z occurs 1626 many times with freq 0.000430
And now for Mark Twain:
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THE $30,000 BEQUEST
and Other Stories
by
Mark Twain
(Samuel L. Clemens)
Total number of characters = 406384
E occurs 49824 many times with freq 0.122603
T occurs 38446 many times with freq 0.094605
A occurs 33418 many times with freq 0.082233
O occurs 30695 many times with freq 0.075532
I occurs 29385 many times with freq 0.072308
N occurs 28947 many times with freq 0.071231
S occurs 25129 many times with freq 0.061836
H occurs 24991 many times with freq 0.061496
R occurs 22534 many times with freq 0.055450
D occurs 18158 many times with freq 0.044682
L occurs 16853 many times with freq 0.041471
U occurs 11986 many times with freq 0.029494
M occurs 10078 many times with freq 0.024799
W occurs 9401 many times with freq 0.023133
C occurs 9392 many times with freq 0.023111
F occurs 8997 many times with freq 0.022139
Y occurs 8555 many times with freq 0.021052
G occurs 8001 many times with freq 0.019688
P occurs 6721 many times with freq 0.016539
B occurs 6099 many times with freq 0.015008
V occurs 3892 many times with freq 0.009577
K occurs 3146 many times with freq 0.007741
X occurs 539 many times with freq 0.001326
J occurs 430 many times with freq 0.001058
Z occurs 399 many times with freq 0.000982
Q occurs 368 many times with freq 0.000906
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A Horse's Tale
Total number of characters = 69947
E occurs 8321 many times with freq 0.118961
T occurs 6331 many times with freq 0.090511
A occurs 5983 many times with freq 0.085536
O occurs 5116 many times with freq 0.073141
N occurs 5029 many times with freq 0.071897
I occurs 4802 many times with freq 0.068652
S occurs 4744 many times with freq 0.067823
H occurs 4527 many times with freq 0.064720
R occurs 3874 many times with freq 0.055385
D occurs 3272 many times with freq 0.046778
L occurs 3032 many times with freq 0.043347
U occurs 2060 many times with freq 0.029451
M occurs 1666 many times with freq 0.023818
Y occurs 1648 many times with freq 0.023561
W occurs 1520 many times with freq 0.021731
C occurs 1504 many times with freq 0.021502
G occurs 1481 many times with freq 0.021173
F occurs 1333 many times with freq 0.019057
B occurs 1166 many times with freq 0.016670
P occurs 1017 many times with freq 0.014540
K occurs 667 many times with freq 0.009536
V occurs 615 many times with freq 0.008792
X occurs 92 many times with freq 0.001315
J occurs 69 many times with freq 0.000986
Q occurs 47 many times with freq 0.000672
Z occurs 31 many times with freq 0.000443
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A TRAMP ABROAD
Total number of characters = 667373
E occurs 84279 many times with freq 0.126285
T occurs 62879 many times with freq 0.094219
A occurs 54835 many times with freq 0.082165
O occurs 49611 many times with freq 0.074338
N occurs 46983 many times with freq 0.070400
I occurs 45389 many times with freq 0.068011
S occurs 41858 many times with freq 0.062721
H occurs 39942 many times with freq 0.059850
R occurs 38683 many times with freq 0.057963
D occurs 30304 many times with freq 0.045408
L occurs 26230 many times with freq 0.039303
U occurs 19595 many times with freq 0.029361
C occurs 16567 many times with freq 0.024824
W occurs 16125 many times with freq 0.024162
M occurs 15590 many times with freq 0.023360
F occurs 14971 many times with freq 0.022433
G occurs 14886 many times with freq 0.022305
Y occurs 12140 many times with freq 0.018191
P occurs 11996 many times with freq 0.017975
B occurs 10367 many times with freq 0.015534
V occurs 6255 many times with freq 0.009373
K occurs 4997 many times with freq 0.007488
X occurs 1083 many times with freq 0.001623
J occurs 757 many times with freq 0.001134
Q occurs 575 many times with freq 0.000862
Z occurs 476 many times with freq 0.000713
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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
(Tom Sawyer's Comrade)
BY
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel L. Clemens)
Total number of characters = 422225
E occurs 47229 many times with freq 0.111857
T occurs 40848 many times with freq 0.096745
A occurs 35565 many times with freq 0.084232
O occurs 35354 many times with freq 0.083733
N occurs 31760 many times with freq 0.075221
I occurs 27081 many times with freq 0.064139
H occurs 25809 many times with freq 0.061126
S occurs 24427 many times with freq 0.057853
D occurs 23206 many times with freq 0.054961
R occurs 19066 many times with freq 0.045156
L occurs 16952 many times with freq 0.040149
U occurs 13425 many times with freq 0.031796
W occurs 13072 many times with freq 0.030960
G occurs 10322 many times with freq 0.024447
Y occurs 9977 many times with freq 0.023630
M occurs 9969 many times with freq 0.023611
C occurs 7706 many times with freq 0.018251
F occurs 7517 many times with freq 0.017803
B occurs 7156 many times with freq 0.016948
K occurs 5532 many times with freq 0.013102
P occurs 5516 many times with freq 0.013064
V occurs 2824 many times with freq 0.006688
J occurs 1123 many times with freq 0.002660
X occurs 425 many times with freq 0.001007
Z occurs 183 many times with freq 0.000433
Q occurs 181 many times with freq 0.000429
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THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
BY
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Total number of characters = 296614
E occurs 35698 many times with freq 0.120352
T occurs 28898 many times with freq 0.097426
A occurs 23529 many times with freq 0.079325
O occurs 23265 many times with freq 0.078435
N occurs 20200 many times with freq 0.068102
H occurs 19608 many times with freq 0.066106
I occurs 18849 many times with freq 0.063547
S occurs 17761 many times with freq 0.059879
R occurs 15298 many times with freq 0.051575
D occurs 14879 many times with freq 0.050163
L occurs 12163 many times with freq 0.041006
U occurs 8959 many times with freq 0.030204
W occurs 8059 many times with freq 0.027170
M occurs 7159 many times with freq 0.024136
Y occurs 6746 many times with freq 0.022743
G occurs 6615 many times with freq 0.022302
C occurs 6517 many times with freq 0.021971
F occurs 6027 many times with freq 0.020319
B occurs 4969 many times with freq 0.016752
P occurs 4692 many times with freq 0.015819
K occurs 3030 many times with freq 0.010215
V occurs 2374 many times with freq 0.008004
J occurs 639 many times with freq 0.002154
X occurs 351 many times with freq 0.001183
Q occurs 178 many times with freq 0.000600
Z occurs 151 many times with freq 0.000509
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Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Total number of characters = 60985
E occurs 7159 many times with freq 0.117390
T occurs 5585 many times with freq 0.091580
A occurs 5359 many times with freq 0.087874
O occurs 4804 many times with freq 0.078773
N occurs 4496 many times with freq 0.073723
I occurs 4040 many times with freq 0.066246
S occurs 3770 many times with freq 0.061818
H occurs 3629 many times with freq 0.059506
R occurs 3089 many times with freq 0.050652
D occurs 2761 many times with freq 0.045273
L occurs 2535 many times with freq 0.041568
U occurs 1868 many times with freq 0.030630
Y occurs 1661 many times with freq 0.027236
W occurs 1538 many times with freq 0.025219
M occurs 1431 many times with freq 0.023465
G occurs 1431 many times with freq 0.023465
C occurs 1240 many times with freq 0.020333
F occurs 1181 many times with freq 0.019365
B occurs 1004 many times with freq 0.016463
P occurs 953 many times with freq 0.015627
K occurs 669 many times with freq 0.010970
V occurs 527 many times with freq 0.008641
J occurs 114 many times with freq 0.001869
X occurs 67 many times with freq 0.001099
Z occurs 38 many times with freq 0.000623
Q occurs 36 many times with freq 0.000590
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LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
BY MARK TWAIN
Total number of characters = 623667
E occurs 76670 many times with freq 0.122934
T occurs 59797 many times with freq 0.095880
A occurs 51760 many times with freq 0.082993
O occurs 47226 many times with freq 0.075723
N occurs 44165 many times with freq 0.070815
I occurs 42864 many times with freq 0.068729
S occurs 39089 many times with freq 0.062676
H occurs 36978 many times with freq 0.059291
R occurs 35539 many times with freq 0.056984
D occurs 27715 many times with freq 0.044439
L occurs 24966 many times with freq 0.040031
U occurs 17401 many times with freq 0.027901
W occurs 15568 many times with freq 0.024962
M occurs 14978 many times with freq 0.024016
C occurs 14914 many times with freq 0.023913
F occurs 14281 many times with freq 0.022898
G occurs 12907 many times with freq 0.020695
Y occurs 12019 many times with freq 0.019272
P occurs 11129 many times with freq 0.017844
B occurs 10390 many times with freq 0.016660
V occurs 5916 many times with freq 0.009486
K occurs 4798 many times with freq 0.007693
X occurs 992 many times with freq 0.001591
J occurs 726 many times with freq 0.001164
Q occurs 557 many times with freq 0.000893
Z occurs 322 many times with freq 0.000516
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The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
by Mark Twain
Total number of characters = 224786
E occurs 27159 many times with freq 0.120822
T occurs 20617 many times with freq 0.091718
A occurs 18144 many times with freq 0.080717
O occurs 17491 many times with freq 0.077812
N occurs 16310 many times with freq 0.072558
I occurs 15274 many times with freq 0.067949
S occurs 14203 many times with freq 0.063185
H occurs 14174 many times with freq 0.063056
R occurs 11860 many times with freq 0.052761
D occurs 11497 many times with freq 0.051146
L occurs 9160 many times with freq 0.040750
U occurs 6571 many times with freq 0.029232
W occurs 6057 many times with freq 0.026946
M occurs 5339 many times with freq 0.023751
C occurs 5124 many times with freq 0.022795
G occurs 4813 many times with freq 0.021411
F occurs 4758 many times with freq 0.021167
Y occurs 4537 many times with freq 0.020184
P occurs 3676 many times with freq 0.016353
B occurs 3272 many times with freq 0.014556
V occurs 1856 many times with freq 0.008257
K occurs 1831 many times with freq 0.008146
X occurs 388 many times with freq 0.001726
J occurs 334 many times with freq 0.001486
Q occurs 171 many times with freq 0.000761
Z occurs 170 many times with freq 0.000756
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TOM SAWYER ABROAD
Total number of characters = 130247
E occurs 14798 many times with freq 0.113615
T occurs 12952 many times with freq 0.099442
A occurs 11597 many times with freq 0.089039
O occurs 10499 many times with freq 0.080608
N occurs 9992 many times with freq 0.076716
I occurs 8187 many times with freq 0.062857
S occurs 8099 many times with freq 0.062182
H occurs 7699 many times with freq 0.059111
D occurs 7180 many times with freq 0.055126
R occurs 5807 many times with freq 0.044585
L occurs 5060 many times with freq 0.038849
U occurs 3970 many times with freq 0.030481
W occurs 3928 many times with freq 0.030158
M occurs 3175 many times with freq 0.024377
G occurs 2936 many times with freq 0.022542
Y occurs 2791 many times with freq 0.021429
C occurs 2464 many times with freq 0.018918
F occurs 2200 many times with freq 0.016891
B occurs 1998 many times with freq 0.015340
P occurs 1816 many times with freq 0.013943
K occurs 1574 many times with freq 0.012085
V occurs 900 many times with freq 0.006910
J occurs 390 many times with freq 0.002994
X occurs 108 many times with freq 0.000829
Z occurs 75 many times with freq 0.000576
Q occurs 52 many times with freq 0.000399
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TOM SAWYER, DETECTIVE by MARK TWAIN
Total number of characters = 90997
E occurs 10242 many times with freq 0.112553
T occurs 8641 many times with freq 0.094959
A occurs 7781 many times with freq 0.085508
O occurs 7187 many times with freq 0.078981
N occurs 6725 many times with freq 0.073904
H occurs 5751 many times with freq 0.063200
I occurs 5636 many times with freq 0.061936
S occurs 5536 many times with freq 0.060837
D occurs 5183 many times with freq 0.056958
R occurs 4049 many times with freq 0.044496
L occurs 3714 many times with freq 0.040815
U occurs 3091 many times with freq 0.033968
W occurs 2814 many times with freq 0.030924
Y occurs 2201 many times with freq 0.024188
M occurs 2179 many times with freq 0.023946
G occurs 2082 many times with freq 0.022880
B occurs 1638 many times with freq 0.018001
C occurs 1627 many times with freq 0.017880
F occurs 1521 many times with freq 0.016715
P occurs 1208 many times with freq 0.013275
K occurs 1129 many times with freq 0.012407
V occurs 615 many times with freq 0.006758
J occurs 283 many times with freq 0.003110
X occurs 89 many times with freq 0.000978
Q occurs 45 many times with freq 0.000495
Z occurs 30 many times with freq 0.000330
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WHAT IS MAN? AND OTHER ESSAYS OF MARK TWAIN
(Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910)
Total number of characters = 414196
E occurs 50647 many times with freq 0.122278
T occurs 39377 many times with freq 0.095069
A occurs 34186 many times with freq 0.082536
O occurs 30840 many times with freq 0.074458
I occurs 30283 many times with freq 0.073113
N occurs 30122 many times with freq 0.072724
S occurs 26512 many times with freq 0.064008
H occurs 24805 many times with freq 0.059887
R occurs 23550 many times with freq 0.056857
D occurs 17103 many times with freq 0.041292
L occurs 16055 many times with freq 0.038762
U occurs 11639 many times with freq 0.028100
M occurs 11071 many times with freq 0.026729
C occurs 10639 many times with freq 0.025686
W occurs 9270 many times with freq 0.022381
F occurs 9112 many times with freq 0.021999
Y occurs 8776 many times with freq 0.021188
G occurs 7961 many times with freq 0.019220
P occurs 7403 many times with freq 0.017873
B occurs 6052 many times with freq 0.014611
V occurs 3925 many times with freq 0.009476
K occurs 3071 many times with freq 0.007414
X occurs 623 many times with freq 0.001504
Q occurs 468 many times with freq 0.001130
J occurs 467 many times with freq 0.001127
Z occurs 239 many times with freq 0.000577
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A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
by
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel L. Clemens)
Total number of characters = 493600
E occurs 59545 many times with freq 0.120634
T occurs 47735 many times with freq 0.096708
A occurs 41841 many times with freq 0.084767
O occurs 36797 many times with freq 0.074548
N occurs 35231 many times with freq 0.071376
I occurs 33628 many times with freq 0.068128
H occurs 30719 many times with freq 0.062235
S occurs 30222 many times with freq 0.061228
R occurs 27191 many times with freq 0.055087
D occurs 23441 many times with freq 0.047490
L occurs 19591 many times with freq 0.039690
U occurs 14546 many times with freq 0.029469
W occurs 13059 many times with freq 0.026457
M occurs 12270 many times with freq 0.024858
C occurs 11041 many times with freq 0.022368
F occurs 10539 many times with freq 0.021351
G occurs 10426 many times with freq 0.021122
Y occurs 10200 many times with freq 0.020665
P occurs 7800 many times with freq 0.015802
B occurs 7383 many times with freq 0.014957
K occurs 4384 many times with freq 0.008882
V occurs 4194 many times with freq 0.008497
X occurs 641 many times with freq 0.001299
J occurs 482 many times with freq 0.000976
Q occurs 433 many times with freq 0.000877
Z occurs 261 many times with freq 0.000529
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GRAND TOTALS FOR MARK TWAIN-> adding up the above Twain stories
Total number of characters = 3901021
E occurs 471571 many times with freq 0.120884
T occurs 372106 many times with freq 0.095387
A occurs 323998 many times with freq 0.083055
O occurs 298885 many times with freq 0.076617
N occurs 279960 many times with freq 0.071766
I occurs 265418 many times with freq 0.068038
S occurs 241350 many times with freq 0.061868
H occurs 238632 many times with freq 0.061172
R occurs 210540 many times with freq 0.053970
D occurs 184699 many times with freq 0.047346
L occurs 156311 many times with freq 0.040069
U occurs 115111 many times with freq 0.029508
W occurs 100411 many times with freq 0.025740
M occurs 94905 many times with freq 0.024328
C occurs 88735 many times with freq 0.022747
G occurs 83861 many times with freq 0.021497
F occurs 82437 many times with freq 0.021132
Y occurs 81251 many times with freq 0.020828
P occurs 63927 many times with freq 0.016387
B occurs 61494 many times with freq 0.015764
K occurs 34828 many times with freq 0.008928
V occurs 33893 many times with freq 0.008688
J occurs 5814 many times with freq 0.001490
X occurs 5398 many times with freq 0.001384
Q occurs 3111 many times with freq 0.000797
Z occurs 2375 many times with freq 0.000609