rank family contraction cells times used cells saved share of all saving as a whole word inside longer words different words commonest words 1 strong contraction the ⠮ 2077 4154 12.07% 1642 435 24 the 1642, they 130, then 94, them 88, other 40 2 strong groupsign ing ⠬ 983 1966 5.71% 0 983 282 king 61, thing 49, nothing 34, looking 32, things 31 3 strong contraction and ⠯ 950 1900 5.52% 872 78 27 and 872, hand 21, hands 12, stand 6, understand 6 4 strong groupsign er ⠻ 966 966 2.81% 0 966 211 her 248, hatter 55, over 40, caterpillar 27, wonder 18 5 shortform said ⠎⠙ 460 920 2.67% 460 0 1 said 460 6 strong groupsign ed ⠫ 919 919 2.67% 0 919 298 looked 45, replied 29, seemed 27, added 23, cried 20 7 alphabetic wordsign that ⠞ 300 900 2.61% 300 0 3 that 268, that's 31, that'll 1 8 strong groupsign sh ⠩ 793 793 2.30% 0 793 89 she 541, wish 21, finished 12, shook 9, shouted 9 9 alphabetic wordsign you ⠽ 396 792 2.30% 396 0 5 you 351, you're 23, you'd 9, you've 7, you'll 6 10 lower groupsign en ⠢ 726 726 2.11% 0 726 148 went 83, when 79, queen 68, been 38, even 18 11 strong groupsign ar ⠜ 679 679 1.97% 0 679 162 are 54, march 34, large 33, hare 31, heard 30 12 lower wordsign was ⠴ 329 658 1.91% 329 0 1 was 329 13 strong contraction with ⠾ 209 627 1.82% 181 28 3 with 181, without 26, within 2 14 strong contraction of ⠷ 619 619 1.80% 514 105 12 of 514, off 73, offended 10, roof 6, often 5 15 alphabetic wordsign it ⠭ 592 592 1.72% 592 0 3 it 527, it's 57, it'll 8 16 lower groupsign in ⠔ 562 562 1.63% 0 562 135 into 67, think 53, find 21, minute 21, indeed 16 17 strong groupsign th ⠹ 506 506 1.47% 0 506 73 thought 74, think 53, thing 49, nothing 34, things 31 18 shortform little ⠇⠇ 126 504 1.46% 126 0 1 little 126 19 strong groupsign ou ⠳ 441 441 1.28% 0 441 94 mouse 43, dormouse 39, course 26, without 26, curious 19 20 strong groupsign ow ⠪ 438 438 1.27% 0 438 68 down 102, how 68, now 60, however 20, low 15 21 strong groupsign wh ⠱ 435 435 1.26% 0 435 25 what 136, when 79, who 61, why 40, white 30 22 lower groupsign ea ⠂ 423 423 1.23% 0 423 115 head 49, please 19, speak 15, beautiful 13, really 13 23 strong wordsign this ⠹ 131 393 1.14% 131 0 1 this 131 24 strong groupsign st ⠌ 391 391 1.14% 0 391 147 last 33, hastily 16, best 12, majesty 12, rest 10 25 alphabetic wordsign very ⠧ 130 390 1.13% 130 0 1 very 130 26 strong contraction for ⠿ 189 378 1.10% 153 36 22 for 153, forgotten 6, uncomfortable 4, forgetting 3, unfortunate 3 27 lower wordsign in ⠔ 354 354 1.03% 354 0 1 in 354 28 alphabetic wordsign but ⠃ 170 340 0.99% 170 0 1 but 170 29 shortform herself ⠓⠻⠋ 83 332 0.96% 83 0 1 herself 83 30 initial-letter contraction there ⠐⠮ 100 300 0.87% 99 1 3 there 75, there's 24, therefore 1 31 initial-letter contraction ought ⠐⠳ 97 291 0.85% 14 83 5 thought 74, ought 14, thoughtfully 4, brought 3, thoughts 2 32 strong groupsign ch ⠡ 284 284 0.82% 0 284 80 duchess 39, march 34, change 14, chapter 12, changed 8 33 shortform about ⠁⠃ 94 282 0.82% 94 0 1 about 94 34 alphabetic wordsign not ⠝ 138 276 0.80% 138 0 1 not 138 35 shortform would ⠺⠙ 91 273 0.79% 78 13 2 would 78, wouldn't 13 36 alphabetic wordsign as ⠵ 263 263 0.76% 263 0 1 as 263 37 alphabetic wordsign like ⠇ 85 255 0.74% 85 0 1 like 85 38 initial-letter contraction ever ⠐⠑ 126 252 0.73% 22 104 13 never 48, ever 22, however 20, everything 12, everybody 8 39 shortform again ⠁⠛ 83 249 0.72% 83 0 1 again 83 40 shortform could ⠉⠙ 83 249 0.72% 74 9 2 could 74, couldn't 9 41 lower wordsign were ⠶ 82 246 0.71% 82 0 1 were 82 42 strong wordsign out ⠳ 117 234 0.68% 117 0 1 out 117 43 alphabetic wordsign have ⠓ 76 228 0.66% 76 0 1 have 76 44 alphabetic wordsign quite ⠟ 53 212 0.62% 53 0 1 quite 53 45 final-letter groupsign ound ⠨⠙ 99 198 0.58% 0 99 9 round 41, found 32, ground 8, sounded 5, sound 4 46 strong wordsign which ⠱ 49 196 0.57% 49 0 1 which 49 47 initial-letter contraction one ⠐⠕ 192 192 0.56% 104 88 16 one 103, tone 40, done 15, gone 13, alone 4 48 lower wordsign his ⠦ 94 188 0.55% 94 0 1 his 94 49 initial-letter contraction had ⠸⠓ 186 186 0.54% 178 8 2 had 178, hadn't 8 50 initial-letter contraction know ⠐⠅ 92 184 0.53% 87 5 4 know 87, knowing 2, knows 2, known 1 51 initial-letter contraction some ⠐⠎ 87 174 0.51% 51 36 8 some 51, something 18, somebody 7, sometimes 5, somewhere 3 52 initial-letter contraction right ⠐⠗ 55 165 0.48% 32 23 9 right 32, bright 8, frightened 7, brightened 2, fright 2 53 initial-letter contraction time ⠐⠞ 82 164 0.48% 71 11 3 time 71, times 6, sometimes 5 54 initial-letter contraction their ⠸⠮ 53 159 0.46% 52 1 2 their 52, theirs 1 55 alphabetic wordsign just ⠚ 52 156 0.45% 52 0 1 just 52 56 shortform first ⠋⠌ 51 153 0.44% 51 0 1 first 51 57 alphabetic wordsign so ⠎ 152 152 0.44% 152 0 1 so 152 58 shortform before ⠆⠋ 37 148 0.43% 37 0 1 before 37 59 alphabetic wordsign more ⠍ 48 144 0.42% 48 0 1 more 48 60 lower groupsign be ⠆ 141 141 0.41% 0 141 17 began 57, being 19, beginning 14, begin 13, believe 9 61 lower wordsign be ⠆ 138 138 0.40% 138 0 1 be 138 62 strong groupsign gh ⠣ 134 134 0.39% 0 134 35 might 28, high 16, though 11, sight 10, enough 7 63 shortform after ⠁⠋ 43 129 0.37% 43 0 1 after 43 64 lower groupsign con ⠒ 64 128 0.37% 0 64 25 continued 9, conversation 9, confusion 5, confused 4, consider 4 65 shortform should ⠩⠙ 32 128 0.37% 27 5 2 should 27, shouldn't 5 66 final-letter groupsign tion ⠰⠝ 63 126 0.37% 0 63 31 conversation 9, direction 5, executioner 5, directions 3, execution 3 67 initial-letter contraction question ⠐⠟ 21 126 0.37% 17 4 2 question 17, questions 4 68 alphabetic wordsign rather ⠗ 25 125 0.36% 25 0 1 rather 25 69 alphabetic wordsign can ⠉ 59 118 0.34% 59 0 2 can 31, can't 28 70 shortform your ⠽⠗ 57 114 0.33% 55 2 2 your 55, yours 2 71 shortform much ⠍⠡ 54 108 0.31% 51 3 2 much 51, muchness 3 72 alphabetic wordsign from ⠋ 36 108 0.31% 36 0 1 from 36 73 initial-letter contraction here ⠐⠓ 51 102 0.30% 51 0 1 here 51 74 strong wordsign shall ⠩ 25 100 0.29% 25 0 1 shall 25 75 final-letter groupsign ment ⠰⠞ 45 90 0.26% 0 45 10 moment 29, argument 4, experiment 2, moment's 2, ornamented 2 76 alphabetic wordsign will ⠺ 30 90 0.26% 30 0 1 will 30 77 shortform must ⠍⠌ 44 88 0.26% 41 3 2 must 41, mustard 3 78 initial-letter contraction under ⠐⠥ 29 87 0.25% 16 13 7 under 16, understand 6, underneath 2, undertone 2, thunder 1 79 shortform such ⠎⠡ 41 82 0.24% 41 0 1 such 41 80 alphabetic wordsign do ⠙ 80 80 0.23% 80 0 1 do 80 81 final-letter groupsign ance ⠨⠑ 40 80 0.23% 0 40 14 dance 13, distance 8, chance 4, advance 3, instance 3 82 shortform great ⠛⠗⠞ 39 78 0.23% 39 0 1 great 39 83 final-letter groupsign ong ⠰⠛ 77 77 0.22% 0 77 12 long 32, among 12, song 7, along 6, wrong 5 84 shortform because ⠆⠉ 15 75 0.22% 15 0 1 because 15 85 final-letter groupsign ence ⠰⠑ 35 70 0.20% 0 35 11 silence 14, evidence 7, sentence 6, absence 1, existence 1 86 initial-letter contraction through ⠐⠹ 14 70 0.20% 14 0 1 through 14 87 shortform perhaps ⠏⠻⠓ 17 68 0.20% 17 0 1 perhaps 17 88 lower groupsign bb ⠆ 66 66 0.19% 0 66 10 rabbit 47, rabbit's 4, nibbling 3, sobbing 3, nibbled 2 89 initial-letter contraction where ⠐⠱ 22 66 0.19% 15 7 6 where 13, somewhere 3, nowhere 2, where's 2, anywhere 1 90 alphabetic wordsign people ⠏ 13 65 0.19% 13 0 1 people 13 91 initial-letter contraction word ⠘⠺ 31 62 0.18% 10 21 2 words 21, word 10 92 shortform children ⠡⠝ 10 60 0.17% 10 0 1 children 10 93 shortform its ⠭⠎ 57 57 0.17% 57 0 1 its 57 94 final-letter groupsign ful ⠰⠇ 56 56 0.16% 0 56 22 beautiful 13, dreadfully 6, ootiful 4, thoughtfully 4, carefully 3 95 shortform itself ⠭⠋ 14 56 0.16% 14 0 1 itself 14 96 lower wordsign enough ⠢ 11 55 0.16% 11 0 1 enough 11 97 shortform good ⠛⠙ 27 54 0.16% 27 0 1 good 27 98 initial-letter contraction upon ⠘⠥ 27 54 0.16% 26 1 2 upon 26, whereupon 1 99 shortform behind ⠆⠓ 13 52 0.15% 13 0 1 behind 13 100 strong wordsign still ⠌ 13 52 0.15% 13 0 1 still 13 101 alphabetic wordsign go ⠛ 50 50 0.15% 50 0 1 go 50 102 shortform yourself ⠽⠗⠋ 10 50 0.15% 10 0 1 yourself 10 103 alphabetic wordsign every ⠑ 12 48 0.14% 12 0 1 every 12 104 shortform together ⠞⠛⠗ 9 45 0.13% 9 0 1 together 9 105 final-letter groupsign ness ⠰⠎ 22 44 0.13% 0 22 5 witness 10, business 7, muchness 3, darkness 1, rudeness 1 106 strong wordsign child ⠡ 11 44 0.13% 11 0 1 child 11 107 shortform him ⠓⠍ 42 42 0.12% 42 0 1 him 42 108 final-letter groupsign sion ⠨⠝ 21 42 0.12% 0 21 10 confusion 5, procession 5, passion 3, conclusion 2, derision 1 109 initial-letter contraction these ⠘⠮ 14 42 0.12% 14 0 1 these 14 110 lower groupsign dis ⠲ 20 40 0.12% 0 20 10 distance 8, disappeared 2, dispute 2, distant 2, disagree 1 111 shortform either ⠑⠊ 10 40 0.12% 10 0 1 either 10 112 shortform always ⠁⠇⠺ 13 39 0.11% 13 0 1 always 13 113 initial-letter contraction day ⠐⠙ 38 38 0.11% 29 9 5 day 29, days 4, yesterday 3, birthday 1, holiday 1 114 initial-letter contraction part ⠐⠏ 19 38 0.11% 2 17 6 party 10, particular 4, part 2, partner 1, partners 1 115 shortform against ⠁⠛⠌ 9 36 0.10% 9 0 1 against 9 116 shortform altogether ⠁⠇⠞ 5 35 0.10% 5 0 1 altogether 5 117 initial-letter contraction those ⠘⠹ 10 30 0.09% 10 0 1 those 10 118 shortform between ⠆⠞ 6 30 0.09% 6 0 1 between 6 119 initial-letter contraction many ⠸⠍ 12 24 0.07% 12 0 1 many 12 120 initial-letter contraction name ⠐⠝ 12 24 0.07% 10 2 2 name 10, names 2 121 initial-letter contraction father ⠐⠋ 6 24 0.07% 6 0 1 father 6 122 shortform himself ⠓⠍⠋ 6 24 0.07% 6 0 1 himself 6 123 shortform immediate ⠊⠍⠍ 4 24 0.07% 1 3 2 immediately 3, immediate 1 124 alphabetic wordsign knowledge ⠅ 3 24 0.07% 3 0 1 knowledge 3 125 lower groupsign ff ⠖ 22 22 0.06% 0 22 8 different 9, difficulty 4, effect 3, difficult 2, affair 1 126 initial-letter contraction world ⠸⠺ 7 21 0.06% 7 0 1 world 7 127 final-letter groupsign ity ⠰⠽ 20 20 0.06% 0 20 6 opportunity 8, curiosity 5, pity 3, authority 2, reality 1 128 shortform friend ⠋⠗ 5 20 0.06% 3 2 2 friend 3, friends 2 129 initial-letter contraction work ⠐⠺ 9 18 0.05% 8 1 2 work 8, works 1 130 shortform almost ⠁⠇⠍ 6 18 0.05% 6 0 1 almost 6 131 shortform myself ⠍⠽⠋ 6 18 0.05% 6 0 1 myself 6 132 shortform themselves ⠮⠍⠧⠎ 3 18 0.05% 3 0 1 themselves 3 133 lower groupsign cc ⠒ 16 16 0.05% 0 16 12 succeeded 3, accident 2, occurred 2, acceptance 1, accidentally 1 134 lower groupsign gg ⠶ 16 16 0.05% 0 16 8 eggs 5, digging 4, legged 2, begged 1, draggled 1 135 shortform beside ⠆⠎ 4 16 0.05% 0 4 1 besides 4 136 shortform letter ⠇⠗ 4 16 0.05% 3 1 2 letter 3, letters 1 137 shortform across ⠁⠉⠗ 5 15 0.04% 5 0 1 across 5 138 shortform quick ⠟⠅ 5 15 0.04% 2 3 3 quick 2, quickly 2, quicker 1 139 initial-letter contraction young ⠐⠽ 5 15 0.04% 5 0 1 young 5 140 alphabetic wordsign us ⠥ 14 14 0.04% 14 0 1 us 14 141 final-letter groupsign ount ⠨⠞ 7 14 0.04% 0 7 6 fountains 2, account 1, accounting 1, accounts 1, counting 1 142 shortform declare ⠙⠉⠇ 3 12 0.03% 2 1 2 declare 2, declared 1 143 shortform afterward ⠁⠋⠺ 2 12 0.03% 0 2 1 afterwards 2 144 final-letter groupsign less ⠨⠎ 5 10 0.03% 0 5 4 unless 2, helpless 1, hopeless 1, nevertheless 1 145 shortform below ⠆⠇ 3 9 0.03% 3 0 1 below 3 146 shortform already ⠁⠇⠗ 2 8 0.02% 2 0 1 already 2 147 shortform neither ⠝⠑⠊ 2 8 0.02% 2 0 1 neither 2 148 initial-letter contraction character ⠐⠡ 1 7 0.02% 1 0 1 character 1 149 shortform above ⠁⠃⠧ 3 6 0.02% 3 0 1 above 3 150 initial-letter contraction whose ⠘⠱ 2 6 0.02% 2 0 1 whose 2 151 shortform tomorrow ⠞⠍ 1 6 0.02% 1 0 1 tomorrow 1 152 shortform ourselves ⠳⠗⠧⠎ 1 5 0.01% 1 0 1 ourselves 1 153 shortform also ⠁⠇ 2 4 0.01% 2 0 1 also 2 154 initial-letter contraction cannot ⠸⠉ 1 4 0.01% 1 0 1 cannot 1 155 shortform oneself ⠐⠕⠋ 1 4 0.01% 1 0 1 oneself 1 156 shortform receive ⠗⠉⠧ 1 4 0.01% 0 1 1 received 1 157 initial-letter contraction spirit ⠸⠎ 1 4 0.01% 0 1 1 spirited 1 158 shortform today ⠞⠙ 1 3 0.01% 1 0 1 today 1 shortform according ⠁⠉ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform afternoon ⠁⠋⠝ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform although ⠁⠇⠹ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform beneath ⠆⠝ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform beyond ⠆⠽ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform blind ⠃⠇ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform braille ⠃⠗⠇ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform conceive ⠒⠉⠧ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform conceiving ⠒⠉⠧⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform deceive ⠙⠉⠧ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform deceiving ⠙⠉⠧⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform declaring ⠙⠉⠇⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 initial-letter contraction lord ⠐⠇ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 initial-letter contraction mother ⠐⠍ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform necessary ⠝⠑⠉ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform paid ⠏⠙ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform perceive ⠏⠻⠉⠧ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform perceiving ⠏⠻⠉⠧⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform receiving ⠗⠉⠧⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform rejoice ⠗⠚⠉ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform rejoicing ⠗⠚⠉⠛ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform thyself ⠹⠽⠋ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform tonight ⠞⠝ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0 shortform yourselves ⠽⠗⠧⠎ 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0