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The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allen Poe

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
barely-discernible 18 JJ adjective (large)
half-pleasureable 17 JJ adjective (large)
superstition--for 17 JJ adjective (large)
enunciation--that 17 JJ adjective (large)
experiment--that 16 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
unsatisfactory 14 JJ adjective (large)
considerations 14 NNS noun plural (desks)
phantasmagoric 14 JJ adjective (large)
cadaverousness 14 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
constitutional 14 JJ adjective (large)

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
Usher 21
House 7
Madeline 5
Ethelred 4
Launcelot 3
Roderick 3
Sir 3
Trist 2
Usher's 2
Ah 1

Pronouns

Pronoun Count
i 164
his 86
he 54
it 53
my 53
me 38
its 33
her 19
him 18
we 13

Adjectives

Adjective Count
long 12
certain 11
many 11
wild 10
low 8
more 8
full 7
other 7
last 6
mental 6

Adverbs

Adverb Count
not 43
so 25
now 20
thus 16
more 15
yet 15
very 12
even 11
however 11
still 9

Verbs

Verb Count
was 78
had 75
been 24
were 24
have 19
having 12
is 8
said 8
came 7
did 7

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