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Dune - Frank Herbert

Syllables Per Word

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Characters per Word

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Word Frequency

These tables show the frequency of single, 2, 3, and 5 word combinations throughout the text.

Longest 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
civilization--agriculture 25 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
concomitants--widespread 24 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
cultural-specialization 23 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
suspensor-nullification 23 JJ adjective (large)
understandable--except 22 JJ adjective (large)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
hyperconsciousness 18 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
characteristically 18 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
foreconsciousness 17 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
psychokinesthetic 17 JJ adjective (large)
hyperillumination 17 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)

Top 10 Words by Part of Speech

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

Proper Nouns

Proper Noun Count
Paul 1538
Jessica 851
Baron 537
Duke 494
Fremen 417
Hawat 357
Stilgar 347
Gurney 325
Arrakis 313
Chani 229

Pronouns

Pronoun Count
he 2893
his 2456
you 2157
it 2097
i 1693
she 1580
him 1025
her 915
they 841
my 796

Adjectives

Adjective Count
own 257
old 232
other 220
more 157
many 154
such 134
dead 127
open 126
new 115
little 110

Adverbs

Adverb Count
not 810
now 469
here 405
then 329
only 284
back 271
so 269
there 256
even 189
away 188

Verbs

Verb Count
said 2270
was 1448
is 1114
had 1080
were 515
are 509
have 470
been 414
thought 407
asked 362

Unique Words

The 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.

Unique Words Part of Speech Part of Speech Definition Count Percentage

2 Word Combinations

What follows are word combinations that exclude stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the".

Words go through lemmetization as well. This makes attempts to find the root word, such as say for saying or said. Lemmetization provides a greater opportunity to find repetitive language.

2 Word Combinations Count Percentage

3 Word Combinations

What follows are word combinations that exclude stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the".

Words go through lemmetization as well. This makes attempts to find the root word, such as say for saying or said. Lemmetization provides a greater opportunity to find repetitive language.

3 Word Combinations Count Percentage

5 Word Combinations

What follows are word combinations that exclude stop words. Stop words are words that provide less meaning, such as determiners like "the".

Words go through lemmetization as well. This makes attempts to find the root word, such as say for saying or said. Lemmetization provides a greater opportunity to find repetitive language.

5 Word Combinations Count Percentage