A table of the frequencies of letters in a given language is quite handy for breaking simple substitution ciphers or for devising static Huffman coding tables. According to http://library.thinkquest.org/28005/flashed/thelab/cryptograms/frequency.shtml, the frequencies for the English language are approximately
- 7.3%
- 0.9%
- 3.0%
- 4.4%
- 13.0%
- 2.8%
- 1.6%
- 3.5%
- 7.4%
- 0.2%
- 0.3%
- 3.5%
- 2.5%
- 7.8%
- 7.4%
- 2.7%
- 0.3%
- 7.7%
- 6.3%
- 9.3%
- 2.7%
- 1.3%
- 1.6%
- 0.5%
- 1.9%
- 0.1%
This source gives "
etnrioasdhlcfpumygwvbxkqjz" in descending order of frequency. "E.T.", "Sanrio", and "Internet" can be found within the most common letters.