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More recent analyses show that letter frequencies, like word frequencies, tend to vary, both by writer and by subject. One cannot write an essay about x-rays without using frequent Xs, and different authors have habits which can be reflected in their use of letters. Everyone writes differently – for example, Hemingway 's writing style is quite visibly different from Faulkner 's. Letter, Bigram , Trigraph , word frequencies, average word length and average sentence length can be calculated for specific authors, and used to prove or disprove authorship of texts, even for authors whose styles aren't so divergent. A precise average usage can only be gleaned by analysing usage in a large mass of representative text; since the availability of modern computing and collections of large Text Corpora , such calculations are nearly trivial. RELATIVE FREQUENCIES OF LETTERS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE http://pages.central.edu/emp/LintonT/classes/spring01/cryptography/letterfreq.html RELATIVE FREQUENCIES OF LETTERS IN OTHER LANGUAGES SEE ALSO
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