Can you name the 300 most commonly found words in Shakespeare's plays?

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  • Enter a word in the box below
  • Correctly named words will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: Online Shakespeare
  • Only dialogue is included. Thanks to the Online Word Counter http://writewords.org.uk/word_count.asp!
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No.Word
26,834
24,101
20,122
19,067
15,998
13,831
13,793
12,268
10,720
10,542
9,097
8,459
7,745
7,679
7,542
7,154
6,847
6,742
6,594
6,516
6,264
6,145
5,932
5,654
5,348
5,103
4,986
4,981
4,477
3,807
3,790
3,759
3,749
3,672
3,654
3,581
3,511
3,416
3,369
3,122
3,108
2,929
2,866
2,810
2,710
2,552
2,551
2,531
2,437
2,350
No.Word
2,324
2,321
2,287
2,276
2,259
2,235
2,229
2,210
2,172
2,167
2,141
2,124
2,100
1,983
1,961
1,941
1,939
1,910
1,858
1,846
1,814
1,802
1,776
1,739
1,730
1,727
1,714
1,670
1,670
1,666
1,644
1,629
1,618
1,572
1,562
1,556
1,509
1,478
1,443
1,433
1,399
1,392
1,383
1,354
1,334
1,324
1,290
1,257
1,244
1,206
No.Word
1,205
1,201
1,174
1,170
1,122
1,072
1,065
1,044
1,033
1,027
1,024
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745
730
719
710
665
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642
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631
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No.Word
630
629
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548
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499
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No.Word
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438
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385
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No.Word
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Most Common Words in Shakespeare Quiz

  1. by Sforzando
  • Created Oct 20, 2011 in Literature
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