Uiser:Illandancient/21t Scots Word Frequency

After detecting weaknesses with the SCOTS Scottish Corpus, I have tried to pull together my own corpus of contemporary Scots texts, that is only work published after the year 2000, from various different dialects.

Its not much of a corpus to be honest, only 195,000 or so words in total, but drawn from poetry, newspaper columns, books and Scots websites like Bella Caledonia and the Scots Language Centre. In terms of dialect word counts, there are 105,000 from Doric sources, 72,500 from Lallans, 5,643 from Orkney, 7,174 from Shetland and 4,827 Sourthern.

But I'm adding more texts as I find them

The word frequencies for the top 500 words are as follows:-

Word	Total Occurrences	Doric	Lallans	Orkney	Shetland	Southern
the	13206	7022	5463	376	49	296
an	5801	3348	1939	118	261	135
a	5668	3051	1965	179	221	252
o	4523	2300	2045	63	106	9
tae	3810	2390	1102	163	52	103
in	2887	1548	1095	87	81	76
wis	2347	1697	447	59	103	41
it	2018	1002	905	15	46	50
wi	1769	1016	634	13	96	10
that	1675	746	811	37	15	66
he	1579	872	597	56	53	1
at	1495	573	784	47	64	27
on	1295	730	459	42	47	17
her	1192	928	183	23	55	3
as	1136	633	433	33	30	7
is	1086	400	603	37	36	10
his	1059	804	177	36	40	2
be	1038	546	405	29	36	22
for	943	416	414	37	52	24
oot	881	588	194	37	35	27
i	865	505	198	19	142	1
day	811	696	82	7	16	10
ti	767		767
nae	758	572	153	2	22	9
fur	742	473	211	10	31	17
she	739	535	192	4	1	7
up	724	429	204	10	51	30
temp	718	718
hid	711	606	6	98		1
bit	705	567	36	36	40	26
and	700	125	435	76	12	52
ye	693	262	402	10		19
wes	666		666
ower	621	344	216	9	37	15
or	619	329	261	15	11	3
like	614	435	159	7	6	7
aboot	607	303	242	19	23	20
we	599	195	269	9	82	44
jonsar	588	588
this	574	291	251	22	2	8
frae	562	337	210		2	13
they	540	332	127	46	1	34
da	525	77	2		422	24
twa	493	370	102	9	12
sae	474	263	191	15	5
jist	464	356	100	1		7
him	460	250	158	15	33	4
doon	459	353	44	17	26	19
hae	451	262	166	14	8	1
mair	449	249	177	5	13	5
but	443	44	359	11	14	15
scots	423	67	354	2
fae	421	186	177	25	32	1
their	414	306	94	2	1	11
noo	385	298	55	18	12	2
fit	380	351	21	2	3	3
aye	378	202	143	12	12	9
fowk	376	204	171		1
fin	375	373			2
me	368	136	139	18	68	7
richt	366	246	120
eck	365	365
it's	365	233	99		7	26
aw	363		342		3	18
bi	362	165	189	3		5
aa	353	294	10	17	32
auld	351	210	129	3	3	6
you	347	303	29	3	8	4
them	342	255	63	21	1	2
affa	336	331	4		1
time	331	186	106	16	12	11
back	330	220	81	6	14	9
awa	327	221	91	6	9
weel	320	215	65	15	23	2
there	318	214	77	6	1	20
see	317	215	72	8	15	7
its	312	137	168	2	2	3
wid	311	248	19	24	16	4
fine	307	289	11	1	2	4
said	304	226	61	6	4	7
rainfall	303	303
nicht	299	216	83
oor	292	80	200	3		9
wee	283	214	56			13
win	283	263	18		2
ma	281	65	195			21
lang	280	156	109	5	8	2
hiz	277		277
dis	276	249	1		26
if	276	160	79	10	15	12
no	273	17	194	21	17	24
war	265	232	26		2	5
s	259	8	208	27	16
are	258	138	107	1	6	6
ah	255	3	224			28
been	255	123	103	11	5	13
rain	250	236	9	1	4
some	248	160	52	7	9	20
aff	247	151	70	8	10	8
pit	246	108	128	3	4	3
than	244	112	123	7		2
thocht	240	158	80		2
efter	239	158	62	5	9	5
ken	235	113	116	4	1	1
thai	227	2	225
wad	222	139	57	11	11	4
whit	222	6	176	25	12	3
cam	220	91	109	6	14
afore	213	139	45	10	12	7
ain	212	106	99		3	4
intae	212	139	62	1	4	6
kent	210	100	97	3	9	1
bot	207		207
minnie	207	206	1
scotland	207	33	174
ither	206	78	126	1	1
year	206	124	67	3	6	6
thon	203	99	103			1
mornin	201	197	2			2
were	201	118	61	3	6	13
ane	198	43	154		1
syne	197	96	101
ony	194	102	85	4	2	1
can	190	64	110	4	8	4
far	188	177	3	5	3
hame	187	118	58		6	5
cauld	185	158	22	1		4
sin	185	176	9
telt	185	113	65		4	3
yon	184	156	24	1		3
dry	181	169	2	6	4
again	179	127	36	3	9	4
een	179	145	16	6	12
gaed	178	109	67	2
yer	178	122	49			7
tho	177	90	83	4
heid	176	116	55	1	2	2
get	174	107	45	6	8	8
hed	173		135	10	18	10
hir	171	5	163	3
muckle	171	81	68	11	8	3
us	171	63	89	4		15
first	170	90	72	1	6	1
hoose	170	119	21	9	18	3
whan	170		158	7	5
hale	169	135	33	1
ae	165	131	24	3		7
maist	165	59	98	4	2	2
didna	163	59	100		4
shae	160		159	1
wye	159	144	8		7
will	157	66	82	2	4	3
did	154	93	48		2	11
of	154	86	44	5	14	5
bin	153	148	4	1
set	153	65	65	8	6	9
thair	151		150		1
gaun	147	78	62			7
new	146	73	49	6	5	13
thaim	144		141		3
bein	143	75	61	2	2	3
o'	143	22	2	78		41
gie	142	70	66	1	3	2
man	142	50	63	5	12	12
fair	141	107	25		3	6
got	141	85	37	9	4	6
mak	141	45	82	7	7
fer	140	138	1			1
mither	140	89	44	7
come	139	81	34	5	14	5
mirren	139		139
say	138	79	52	4	2	1
says	138	81	28	3	19	7
anither	137	60	74	1	1	1
maun	137	59	73		5
micht	137	75	60		2
ere's	136	136
three	136	120	14		1	1
roon	134	128	2			4
guid	133	26	84	9	3	11
here	132	70	44	6	7	5
still	132	76	31	4	11	10
sun	132	20	109		3
nor	131	48	79	1	3
gin	130	52	70	8
my	130	117	3	1	8	1
mony	129	53	68			8
made	128	74	47	1	2	4
baith	127	55	59	11		2
en	127	108	17		2
feel	127	96	23	2	4	2
wey	127	10	107	7	3
could	126	62	25	9	18	12
seen	124	78	34	4	1	7
sunday	123	115	2			6
tammas	121	1	120
days	120	68	47	3	1	1
doun	120	3	114		3
warld	119	37	82
when	119	9	90	3	2	15
tak	118	43	61	11	3
leid	117	30	87
faither	115	82	31	2
sna	115	115
by	114	37	72	2	3
fa	114	114
friday	114	110	4
atween	113	54	47	9	1	2
dae	113	34	72			7
gey	113	80	29	1	3
throu	113	2	111
door	111	89	16	4	2
haes	111		103	5	3
till	111	93	8	5	4	1
monday	110	110
bide	109	99	3	3	2	2
gang	109	72	33	4
near	109	95	10	3		1
so	109	76	9	2	17	5
ta	109	2			107
ere	108	108
think	108	64	41	2		1
coorse	106	79	21		6
he'd	106	91	14		1
thursday	106	105	1
wir	106	22	35	13	36
dinna	105	63	42
inno	105	105
tuesday	105	105
ben	104	46	57	1
john	104	12	92
saturday	104	104
whaur	104	1	100	3
wifie	104	102	2
air	103	92	7	2	1	1
bairns	103	63	33	3	4
out	103	7	96
div	102	99				3
wednesday	102	102
hiv	101	74	25	2
life	101	35	49	3	7	7
m	101	2	80	14	5
bonny	100	95	2	3
to	99	40	29	7	20	3
comes	98	76	13	3	5	1
dee	98	79	7	1	11
last	98	56	33	2	5	2
even	97	46	44	1	1	5
then	97	54	31	5		7
thing	97	52	40		2	3
wither	96	96
i'm	95	71	18	3	2	1
better	94	66	19	3	5	1
brian	94	94
gied	93	21	64	2	2	4
mind	93	49	31	2	4	7
nou	93		92		1
referendum	93		93
left	92	57	17	4	10	4
she'd	92	79	13
weet	92	84	1	2	5
face	91	55	19	6	10	1
jock	91	80	6		5
sic	91	31	57			3
niver	90	68	17	2	2	1
went	90	68	12			10
at's	89	87			2
braw	89	69	20
lik	89	2	70		14	3
gweed	88	88
had	88	11	70	4	2	1
tell	88	46	25	2	10	5
that's	88	23	54	5		6
tuik	88	58	30
fir	87	21	30	24	7	5
sair	86	35	48	3
yin	86	4	73	2		7
cood	85	85
haed	85		68	3	14
cud	84	80	4
i'll	84	76	5	3
let	84	52	26		4	2
throo	84	84
wisna	84	44	30	1	9
things	83	42	32	5	3	1
was	83	23	20	2	1	37
place	82	41	35		5	1
same	82	39	35		3	5
hard	81	46	23	4	5	3
bene	80		80
eence	79	78			1
meg	79	76	1		2
road	79	59	10	2		8
wirds	79	18	49	6	6
an'	78	24		50		4
didnae	78	46	27			5
isie	78	78
keep	78	55	13	4	3	3
licht	78	43	30		5
a'a	77	77
north	77	61	13	2		1
thir	77	3	34	40
took	77	36	23	2	11	5
winter	77	74	1	1	1
anely	76	57	19
blaw	76	75	1
turns	76	69	7
yird	76	19	57
aince	75	21	52		2
hit	75	21	6		46	2
bruce	74	71	3
canna	74	41	23	2	8
foo	74	71			3
kirk	74	50	22		2
wark	74	23	34	13	4
eneuch	73	43	30
siller	73	40	29		4
alang	72	28	39	3	2
rise	72	69	3
years	72	36	22	2	5	7
best	71	35	24	2	8	2
came	71	59	4			8
grun	71	64	7
side	71	46	12	4	5	4
government	70	14	56
warm	70	61	2	2	5
wisnae	70	57	9	1		3
folk	69	8	29	7	5	20
heard	69	40	19	2	3	5
frost	68	68
look	68	56	6		2	4
sooth	68	48	12	3	4	1
about	67	3	63	1
bairn	66	52	12	2
gien	66	36	28		2
men	66	30	26	3	7
watter	66	39	21		2	4
bed	65	37	22	5	1
gran	65	64				1
minnie's	65	65
thegither	65	29	36
til	65	1	63		1
we're	65	19	44		1	1
wife	65	53	8	2		2
body	64	39	21		4
pairt	64	20	40		2	2
wrang	64	42	18		4
haun	63	29	32			2
there's	63	20	35		1	7
your	63	52	6		3	2
anent	62	1	61
bricht	62	51	11
cuid	62		62
himsel	62	48	12	1	1
language	62	7	52	1		2
makkin	62	33	26		3
mebbe	62	51	10	1
na	62	54	7		1
need	62	34	23	1	2	2
sat	62	55	5		2
wha	62	6	48	7	1
wull	62	52	8			2
ay	61	53	8
bare	61	57	2		2
big	61	32	13	2	4	10
haud	61	26	33	1		1
onie	61		61
tap	61	45	10	1	3	2
ten	61	47	8		5	1
ah'm	60		41	3	14	2
haein	60	43	14	1		2
lad	60	40	15	3	2
mannie	60	39	16			5
ooto	60	60
past	60	40	14	1	2	3
r	60	2	58
times	60	34	23	1		2
bonnie	59	34	14	7		4
dull	59	58			1
naebody	59	29	26		3	1
sayin	59	27	32
sea	59	32	4	18	5
wesna	59		59
young	59	45	5	3	2	4
doric	58	52	6
fower	58	43	15
inti	58		58
toon	58	46	2		4	6
yet	58	29	21	4	4
ava	57	52	3	1	1
bittie	57	40	15		2
comin	57	30	16	10		1
fermer	57	51	6
help	57	45	4		4	4
neist	57	41	16
nivver	57	35	12	1	9
speired	57	38	17		2
wan	57	12	20	6	16	3
deid	56	30	25	1
dow	56	56
forrit	56	18	38
pairlament	56		56
room	56	48	5	1	2
taen	56	31	19	1	5
whin	56	2	4	22	28
yeir	56		56
car	55	52	3
eftir	55	7	47		1
english	55	6	46	2		1
fand	55	33	21	1
five	55	41	9		1	4
brocht	54	19	34		1
ey	54	54
feet	54	35	11	3	3	2
great	54	47	4	1		2
lay	54	41	11	2
sma	54	25	28			1
verra	54	26	28
while	54	16	28	5	3	2
claes	53	36	12	4	1
d	53		46	1	6
hair	53	40	7	1	5
hauns	53	31	22
het	53	44	9
human	53	20	31	1		1
much	53	28	18		2	5
oh	53	45	5		1	2
steenhillock	53	53
ilka	52	4	48
intil	52	7	45
neil	52	51	1
sicht	52	39	13
ahin	51	42	9
asks	51	51
green	51	40	4	3	4
grey	51	44	6			1
makk	51	50			1
naethin	51	33	16		2
wird	51	24	23	2	2
douglas	50		50
fell	50	30	16	1	2	1
fire	50	39	5	6
hes	50		46			4
leddrach	50	50
nur	50	47				3
rid	50	3	45			2
shoor	50	50
want	50	11	27	5	2	5
awaw	49		49
em	49	49
horse	49	49
ice	49	16	31			2
itsel	49	22	27
juist	49		29	4	5	11
sister	49	23	18			8
unner	49	10	38			1
wae	49	1		32		16
cryed	48		48
has	48	16	32
jenny	48	48
k	48	3	45
roch	48	44	4
saw	48	22	16	7	2	1
t	48	20	21		7
wuid	48		48
amang	47	11	34	2
cut	47	34	7	2	4
end	47	19	23		2	3
fish	47	17	6	11	1	12
hear	47	23	12	5	2	5
kintra	47	17	30
loon	47	46	1
maks	47	22	23	2
matty	47	47
naething	47	35	11	1
och	47	43	4
park	47	40	3		2	2
sky	47	38	4	3	2
turned	47	44		1		2
bad	46	25	18	1		2
black	46	28	11	1	5	1
dinnae	46	8	36	1		1
felt	46	14	27	1	3	1
god	46	25	19			2
held	46	21	22		2	1
ilkie	46	46
job	46	28	11	1	5	1
kind	46	18	26	1	1
quine	46	46
seemed	46	26	13	1	2	4
blue	45	30	10		5
fear	45	34	10		1
ferm	45	39	6
gettin	45	28	11	2	2	2
hersel	45	29	13	2	1
oan	45		7	5		33
puir	45	9	35	1
simmer	45	42	2		1
takk	45	45
try	45	38	4	2	1
afoir	44		44

Sources

The texts in the corpus have come from a variety of sources and authors, including but not limited to: