Can you name the most common 2-, 3- &4-letter combinations in the English language?

created by rockgolf
  • Enter a 2-, 3- or 4-letter combinations in the box below
  • Correctly named nGrams will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Based on a Google books search of nearly 1 TRILLION words, these are the 50 most common 2-, 3- & 4-letter combinations of WHOLE or PARTIAL words in English.
  • Source: English Letter Frequency Counts
  • NOTE: While some answers are complete words, most are common letter combinations found within words. For that reason, the lists have been sorted alphabetically, rather rather than by frequency. The number beside each nGram is the actual rank.
  • This quiz has not been verified by Sporcle
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2grams
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46 
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16 
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2 
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30 
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2grams
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37 
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14 
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3grams
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19 
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45 
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3 
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3grams
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4grams
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4grams
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47 
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4grams
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4grams
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45 
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14 
5 
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Most common 2-, 3- &4-letter combinations Quiz

  1. by rockgolf
  • Created Jan 7, 2013 in Language
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