506: Letters: E and S Apr 27, 2016

Some letters, like X, Y, or Z are used so infrequently that often they are grouped together at the end of dictionaries; other letters would be almost impossible to go without. E is the most commonly used letter in the English language, and there is little argument about whether this would differ between spoken and written word, as there are estimates that state that as high as 1-in-8 of all the letters written in English is E. Still, despite the overwhelming presence of E, more words begin with the letter ‘S’ than any other letter of the alphabet.