Uiser:Illandancient/Maist uised Scots wirds
Outwith a monolingual Scots leid Corpus it is no easy tae ken those wirds that are uised maist. The twinty maist uised wirds on the Scots wikipedia are as follows:-
| Wird | Rank | Occurrences in Scots Wikipedia |
|---|---|---|
| the | 1 | 412485 |
| an | 2 | 181363 |
| in | 3 | 157402 |
| is | 4 | 110237 |
| tae | 5 | 73775 |
| wis | 6 | 58768 |
| as | 7 | 46001 |
| it | 8 | 33623 |
| bi | 9 | 32245 |
| wi | 10 | 30670 |
| on | 11 | 30226 |
| for | 12 | 29869 |
| frae | 13 | 25995 |
| that | 14 | 22892 |
| at | 15 | 18159 |
| or | 16 | 17920 |
| ceety | 17 | 17732 |
| are | 18 | 17420 |
| he | 19 | 17004 |
| haes | 20 | 16370 |
The presence of "ceety" is due tae the naiture o encyclopedias and isnae representative o the leid generally.
By wey of comparison the maist uised wirds frae the tri-lingual Scottish Corpus (Scots, Scottish English an Standard English) are as follows:-
| Wird | Rank | Occurrences in Scottish Corpus | Wikipedia rank | Occurrences in Scots Wikipedia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the | 1 | 253999 | 1 | 412485 |
| to | 2 | 92588 | 107 | 3269 |
| and | 3 | 91524 | 38 | 8040 |
| of | 4 | 83976 | 27 | 10561 |
| in | 5 | 77055 | 3 | 157402 |
| that | 6 | 75292 | 14 | 22892 |
| it | 7 | 59367 | 8 | 33623 |
| an | 8 | 43848 | 2 | 181363 |
| is | 9 | 38915 | 4 | 110237 |
| for | 10 | 37846 | 12 | 29869 |
| on | 11 | 36455 | 11 | 30226 |
| be | 12 | 26956 | 40 | 7974 |
| as | 13 | 22204 | 7 | 46001 |
| at | 14 | 21763 | 15 | 18159 |
| he | 15 | 21304 | 18 | 17004 |
| tae | 16 | 19108 | 5 | 73775 |
| but | 17 | 18800 | 46 | 6878 |
| this | 18 | 17255 | 32 | 9041 |
| are | 19 | 15837 | 17 | 17420 |
| no | 20 | 15333 | 91 | 3823 |
| or | 21 | 15289 | 16 | 17920 |
| wi | 26 | 9868 | 10 | 30670 |
| wis | 31 | 8523 | 6 | 58768 |
| frae | 44 | 3486 | 13 | 25995 |
| bi | 48 | 2665 | 9 | 32245 |
| haes | 55 | 1721 | 19 | 16370 |