1465: Letter Frequency Dec 15, 2018

The frequency of letters in English starts with E and ends with Q or Z depending upon the count, but when all of these are laid out, the frequency from the most- to least frequent, the chart is logarithmic. This is true, however, of most languages across, regardless of whether or not the spelling is made to match pronunciation to some extent, as with German, and despite writing system. Indeed, this is not just true of alphabets, but even Japanese pictographic characters can be mapped out logarithmically, as shown in the graph below. This is important information for printers, or back in the day, telegraph codes.