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Dune - Frank Herbert

First Word Frequency

These tables show facts and information in regards to the frequency of the first 1, 2, 3, and 5 words throughout the text.

Longest First Words

These are the longest words from lists that include words with hyphens or exclude words with hyphens.

Includes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
princess-daughter 17 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
stranger-thinking 17 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
now--everything 15 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
hypno-ligation 14 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
communications 14 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
communications 14 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
communications 14 NNS noun plural (desks)
appropriations 14 NNS noun plural (desks)
understanding 13 VBG verb gerund (judging)
unfortunately 13 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)

Top 10 First Words

What follows are tables that feature the most frequent proper nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.

Proper Nouns

1st Word: Proper Noun Count
Paul 634
Jessica 383
It's 159
Hawat 117
Gurney 106
Stilgar 99
Feyd-Rautha 84
There's 77
Yes 76
I'm 73

Pronouns

1st Word: Pronoun Count
He 1263
I 796
She 619
You 542
It 489
They 370
We 316
His 150
he 101
she 100

Adjectives

1st Word: Adjective Count
Such 14
Bible 12
Many 12
Most 12
Good 10
More 5
Much 5
Ah-h 4
Impossible 3
Likely 3

Adverbs

1st Word: Adverb Count
Now 112
Then 104
So 67
Not 57
Perhaps 56
Again 47
Presently 46
Even 40
Here 40
Only 37

Verbs

1st Word: Verb Count
Is 88
Do 73
Have 35
Are 31
Does 26
Something 15
Has 10
You're 9
It's 8
Nothing 7

First Words

The first word frequency table that follows includes stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide overall word choice percentages.

First Words Part of Speech Part of Speech Definition Count Percentage

First 2 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 2 Words Count Percentage

First 3 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 3 Words Count Percentage

First 5 Words

What follows are first word combinations that include stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the". We include them here for the extra context they provide on sentence start word choice.

First 5 Words Count Percentage