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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res. 2009 May 22;1282:38–49. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.043

Content and Function Words

CONTENT WORDS
WORD LENGTH FREQUENCY
AIRPORT 7 19
APPLE 5 9
ARM 3 94
BAT 3 18
BEAR 4 57
BEE 3 11
BOOK 4 193
BOY 3 242
BRIDE 5 33
BROTHER 7 73
CAR 3 274
CAT 3 23
CHIPS 5 17
CLOUD 5 28
COFFEE 6 78
COMB 4 6
COPS 4 17
CUP 3 45
DAGGER 6 0
DAUGHTER 8 72
DECK 4 23
DIRT 4 43
DRESS 5 67
EGGS 4 12
ENTRANCE 8 57
ENVELOPE 8 21
FARM 4 125
FISH 4 35
FLOWERS 7 23
FORK 4 14
FROG 4 1
GLASS 5 99
GLOVE 5 9
GRASS 5 53
GUN 3 118
HAIR 4 148
HAMMER 6 9
HAT 3 56
HORSE 5 117
ICE 3 45
INDIANS 7 52
KEY 3 88
KING 4 88
KNOB 4 2
LIBRARY 7 62
MOTHER 6 215
MOUNTAIN 8 33
MOUTH 5 103
NEEDLES 7 15
OCEAN 5 34
PANS 4 16
PEA 3 0
PEACHES 7 3
PEN 3 18
PEPPER 6 13
PIE 3 14
POOL 4 111
RIVER 5 165
SHADOW 6 36
SHEEP 5 23
SHIP 4 83
SILVER 6 29
SNAKE 5 44
SPIDER 6 2
STARS 5 25
STEEPLE 7 9
SUN 3 112
TABLE 5 198
THUNDER 7 14
UNCLE 5 57
WAGON 5 55
WALL 4 160
WHIP 4 19
WIFE 4 228
WINDOW 6 119

FUNCTION WORDS
WORD LENGTH FREQUENCY

ABOVE 5 296
AFAR 4 2
AFOOT 5 1
AGO 3 246
ALAS 4 10
ALONE 5 195
ALREADY 7 273
AMID 4 14
AMONGST 7 4
ANEW 4 6
ANYONE 6 140
ASIDE 5 67
ASTRAY 6 3
AWHILE 6 4
AYE 3 1
BARRING 7 3
BESIDE 6 78
CIRCA 5 1
DULY 4 10
ELSE 4 176
ERE 3 1
ETC 3 58
FORE 4 7
FOREVER 7 39
FORTH 5 71
GRATIS 6 1
HENCE 5 58
HEREBY 6 8
HERS 4 16
HITHER 6 2
LEST 4 17
LIKEWISE 8 18
MAYBE 5 134
MINE 4 59
NAY 3 2
NEAR 4 198
NEITHER 7 141
NOBODY 6 74
NON 3 10
NONE 4 108
NOR 3 195
NOWADAYS 8 12
NOWHERE 7 29
OFT 3 1
ONESELF 7 5
ONTO 4 60
OURS 4 27
OVERALL 7 12
PRIOR 5 47
QUA 3 2
QUITE 5 281
SANS 4 2
SIC 3 4
SOON 4 199
SUPRA 5 3
THEE 4 17
THEIRS 6 21
THENCE 6 6
THEREBY 7 33
THINE 5 1
THOU 4 14
THY 3 12
TILL 4 50
UNDULY 6 6
UNLESS 6 101
UNTO 4 16
VERSUS 6 9
WHENCE 6 3
WHEREAS 7 41
WHOA 4 1
WHOM 4 146
WHOSE 5 252
YEA 3 3
YES 3 144
YON 3 1