Some examples of letter frequency rankings in English: David Copperfield etaoinhsrdlmuwycfgpbvkxjqz Pride and Prejudice etaoinhsrdlumcywfgbpvkzjxq Wuthering Heights etaonihsrdlumcyfwgpbvkxjqz Vanity Fair etaonhsirdlumcwfgypbvkjqxz Gulliver's Travels etoainshrdlmucfwygpbvkxjqz Alice in Wonderland etaoihnsrdluwgcymfpbkvqxjz Inaugural speeches: Reagan etonarishdlumwcfgpybvkjxzq Obama etoarnsihdlucwfmgpybvkjqzx British National Corpus etaoinsrhldcumfpgwybvkxjqz (90 million words of UK English) Brown corpus etaoinsrhldcumfpgwybvkxjqz (one million words of US English) Linotype keyboard e s c v x t h m b z a r f g fi o d w k fl i l y q ff n u p j ffi French: esaitnrulodmcpvéqfgbhjàxèyêzçôùâûîœkwïëüæñ (novels, 500000 words; Engwall 1984) esaitnrulodcmpévqfbghjàxèyêzâçîùôûïkëw (TLF, 70 million words; Brunet 1981) Modern Greek: αοιετσνηυρπκμλωδγχθφβξζψ (Hellenic National Corpus, 33 million words) Norwegian: erntsilakodgmvfupbhøjyåæcwzx (q) (newspapers, one million words; Heggstad 1982) Swedish: eantrsildomkgväfhupåöbcyjxwzéq ... (newspapers, one million words; Allen 1970) Icelandic: anriestuðlgmkfhvoáþídjóbyæúöpéýcxwzq (500000 words; Magnusson, Briem 1991) Hungarian: eatlnskomzrigáéydbvhjöfupőócüíúűxw (q) (fiction, 500000 words; Furedi, Kelemen 1989) Slovak: aoesnitrvlkdmcupzyhjgfb (qwx) (disregarding diacritics; 200000 words; Mistrik 1985) Also, but sometimes from limited samples: Spanish: aeosrnlidtucmpbhyígvqójfzéáñxúk (w) (novel, 44000 words) aeosrnlidutcpmvgbfyhqójíázñéxúkw (news, 1700 words) Polish: iaeoznscrwymtdpkłujlgębąhżśóćńfźvqx (novel, 80000 words) aieonzwscrytkdpmjulłgbhąęóżśćńfźxv (q) (news, 11000 words) Finnish: aintesläkoumhrvpjydögfbcx (qwz) (novel, 31000 words) enatrsildokgmvfåuphäcböjyxzw (q) (news, 1300 words) Portuguese: aeosrinmdutlcphvqgfbãzçjáéxóõêôàyíèúò (kw) (novel, 27000 words) aeosridntmucplvgfbhqãçáéízjóêxàõyúkâôw (news, 4500 words) Dutch: enairtodsglhkmvjzwupbcféyóxçëïqüèôö (novel, 42000 words) enatriodslghvkmwubpjczfyxëéó (q) (news, 2900 words) Esperanto: iaeonslrtkmjudpvgfbĝĉŭcŝhzĵwyx (q) (Robinsono Kruso, 21000 words) aieonslrtkjudmpvgfbŝĝcŭĉzhĵ (qwxy) (5600 words) Czech: eonatvsíilmdhcujrkzpáyěbšžéřýčůňúgťfóxď (qw) (14000 words) oeantivlsrdkupímcházyjbřěéčžýšůgfúňwďóxť (q) (news, 2500 words) Danish: enadtrslgiohmkvufbpøæjycéxqwèzüàóêçåëä (novel, 52000 words) erntdasilgomkvfhubpåæjøycwz ... x ... q (14000 words) Hawaiian: aikoʻenuhlmāpōwēūī (bcdfgjqrstvxyz) (12000 words) Maori: aiketonuhrmwgp (bcdfjlqsvxyz) (2000 words) Class. Greek: (excluding subscripts) αειοντσυηκπρμλωδθγχφξβζψ (Thucydides, 23000 words) αεοιτνσυρπκληωμδγθχφβξζψ (Xenophon, 10000 words) Russian: оеанитслвркдмупяьыгбчзжйшхюэщцфъё (Anna Karenina, 280000 words) оеаинтсвлркдмпуыьягбзчйхжшюцщэфъ (ё) (Solzhenitsyn, 86000 words) оеаинтсрвлкмдпуыяьгзбчйжхюшцщэфъё (news, 25000 words) оаинерстъвлкмдпяыугѣібзйьхчжюшцщэфѳ (ёѵ) (old orthography, 6000 words) Turkish: aeinrlıkdtmsyuobüşzgvhcğçpöfjwxq (news, 73000 words) aeinlrıdktsymuobüşzgvhpçğcöfjwqx (news, 17000 words) Latin: eituasrnomcpldqbgvfhxyk (z) (jw) (Caesar, 52000 words) ietuasnmorcdlpqvbgfhxyz (k) (jw) (Seneca, 18000 words) eiuatsrnmocldpqbgfvxhyz (k) (jw) (Livy, 17000 words) Italian: aeiolnrtscdupmvgfbzhqòàùìéèóykwxjô (37000 words) German: enirsahtduclgmobwfkzvüpäßjöyqx ... (Effi Briest, 32000 words) enisrthdaulcgmowbfzkvüpäöjyxq (Nietzsche, 72000 words) enirtsadhlucmgobfwkpzväüößjyxq (science, 4600 words) Welsh: ayndreiloghwtfuscmbpâôŷŵjïêáqvî (kxz) (government document, 13000 words) Irish: aihnretscoldgumbáfíéúópvjwykqz (x) (news, 5400 words) ainhrtesocldgmubíáfépúóyvkwjq (xz) (news, 3400 words) Gaelic: aihndercsgloutmbàfpòùéìèó (jkqvwxyz) (1400 words)