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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
Stranger-thinking 17 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Communications 14 NNS noun plural (desks)
Unfortunately 13 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
Possibilities 13 NNS noun plural (desks)
Improvisation 13 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)

Excludes Hyphens

Words Length Part of Speech Definition
Communications 14 NNS noun plural (desks)
Unfortunately 13 RB adverb (occasionally, swiftly)
Possibilities 13 NNS noun plural (desks)
Improvisation 13 NNP proper noun, singular (sarah)
Inconvenience 13 NN noun, singular (cat, tree)

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 445
Jessica 265
Hawat 71
Gurney 65
Yes 64
It's 62
Stilgar 61
Feyd-Rautha 48
Chani 43
Halleck 40

Pronouns

1st Word: Pronoun Count
I 319
He 283
You 240
She 210
It 141
They 121
We 97
My 34
His 33
Your 31

Adjectives

1st Word: Adjective Count
Such 7
Most 5
Good 4
Many 4
More 4
Much 3
GREAT 3
Impossible 2
Likely 2
Insufferable 2

Adverbs

1st Word: Adverb Count
Now 56
Then 52
So 45
Again 32
Presently 28
Perhaps 27
Not 26
Slowly 21
Well 15
Even 14

Verbs

1st Word: Verb Count
Is 44
Do 44
Have 18
Are 17
Does 12
You're 8
Something 6
It's 4
Seeing 3
According 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