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Children of 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
Self-effacement 15 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)
Experimentally 14 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
Relationships 13 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Dust-filtered 13 JJ adjective (large)
Instinctively 13 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
Experimentally 14 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
Relationships 13 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Instinctively 13 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
Superstitious 13 JJ adjective (large)
Abominations 12 NNS noun plural (desks)

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
Leto 137
Jessica 118
Alia 97
Ghanima 81
Farad'n 78
Yes 46
Stilgar 44
Idaho 44
I'm 35
It's 35

Pronouns

1st Word: Pronoun Count
I 237
He 185
You 150
She 137
It 94
We 49
They 38
His 24
My 17
Her 16

Adjectives

1st Word: Adjective Count
Many 7
Such 5
Good 5
Duncan 2
Last 2
Ghadhean 2
Al-Fali 2
Angry 2
Which 1
Nous 1

Adverbs

1st Word: Adverb Count
Not 35
Then 34
Now 31
Perhaps 24
Presently 23
So 22
Still 15
Once 14
Slowly 13
Very 12

Verbs

1st Word: Verb Count
Is 21
Do 18
Have 14
Does 7
Are 7
Knowing 6
You're 5
Having 3
It's 3
Leave 3

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