How many letters are in the King James Bible?

Answer 1

The King James version of The Bible contains

..... 789,649 individual words - excluding the names of the books

....... 12,842 different words - taking plurals and possessives as 'different' - shepherd, shepherd's, shepherds, and shepherds' are seen as 4 'different' words.

The ten most frequently-used words are ...

the ...... 63,924

and ..... 51,696

of ....... 34,617

to ....... 13,562

that .... 12,913

In ....... 12,667

he ...... 10,420

shall .... 9,838

unto .... 8,997

for ...... 8,971

....2,618,658 letters - excluding any and all punctuation

The frequency of occurrence of each letter is

A ..... 223,403

B ....... 39,615

C ....... 44,043

D ......128,034

E ...... 333,102

F ........ 67,263

G ....... 44,846

H ..... 229,378

I ...... 156,746

J .......... 7,217

K ....... 18,034

L ...... 104,040

M ....... 64,393

N ...... 182,171

O ...... 196,580

P ........ 34,805

Q ............ 746

R ...... 137,165

S ...... 153,788

T ....... 256,830

U ........ 67,654

V ........ 24,522

W ....... 53,457

X .......... 1,186

Y ......... 47,196

Z .......... 2,444