Interesting Facts About English

Interesting Facts About English

1. The most common letter in English is "e".
2. The most common vowel in English is "e", followed by "a".
3. The most common consonant in English is "r", followed by "t".
4. Only two English words in current use end in "-gry". They are "angry" and "hungry".
5. The word "bookkeeper" (along with its associate "bookkeeping") is the only unhyphenated English word with three consecutive double letters. Other such words, like "sweet-toothed", require a hyphen to be readily readable.
6. The word "triskaidekaphobia" means "fear of Friday the 13th". It also means "superstition about the number thirteen" in general.
7. More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter.(www.englishclub.com)