"Frequency of Use" percentages as derived from modern prose. | Lower | Upper | Lower % | Upper % | Total % | | Space | | 17.460% | | 17.460% | | e | E | 9.781% | 0.053% | 9.834% | | t | T | 6.819% | 0.285% | 7.104% | | a | A | 6.207% | 0.180% | 6.387% | | o | O | 5.686% | 0.058% | 5.744% | | n | N | 5.304% | 0.077% | 5.380% | | h | H | 4.898% | 0.205% | 5.103% | | i | I | 4.761% | 0.298% | 5.059% | | s | S | 4.630% | 0.212% | 4.842% | | r | R | 4.472% | 0.057% | 4.529% | | d | D | 3.694% | 0.064% | 3.758% | | l | L | 3.251% | 0.053% | 3.303% | | u | U | 2.212% | 0.016% | 2.228% | | c | C | 1.772% | 0.099% | 1.871% | | m | M | 1.735% | 0.127% | 1.862% | | w | W | 1.687% | 0.103% | 1.791% | | g | G | 1.632% | 0.066% | 1.698% | | f | F | 1.541% | 0.065% | 1.606% | | y | Y | 1.418% | 0.058% | 1.476% | | p | P | 1.241% | 0.051% | 1.292% | | b | B | 1.107% | 0.140% | 1.247% | | , | < | 1.211% | 0.001% | 1.212% | | . | > | 1.192% | 0.001% | 1.193% | | k | K | 0.781% | 0.044% | 0.825% | | 2 | " | 0.005% | 0.753% | 0.757% | | v | V | 0.681% | 0.020% | 0.701% | | Enter | | 0.446% | | 0.446% | | ' | @ | 0.235% | 0.000% | 0.235% | | j | J | 0.093% | 0.024% | 0.117% | | / | ? | 0.001% | 0.109% | 0.110% | | z | Z | 0.105% | 0.004% | 0.108% | | x | X | 0.102% | 0.001% | 0.103% | | - | _ | 0.062% | 0.028% | 0.089% | | q | Q | 0.058% | 0.004% | 0.062% | | 1 | ! | 0.005% | 0.052% | 0.057% | | ; | : | 0.043% | 0.009% | 0.053% | | 0 | ) | 0.005% | 0.005% | 0.010% | | 9 | ( | 0.001% | 0.005% | 0.007% | | 8 | * | 0.001% | 0.006% | 0.007% | | 5 | % | 0.003% | 0.000% | 0.003% | | 3 | £ | 0.003% | 0.000% | 0.003% | | 4 | $ | 0.002% | 0.000% | 0.002% | | 7 | & | 0.001% | 0.000% | 0.001% | | 6 | ^ | 0.001% | 0.000% | 0.001% | | # | ~ | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | | = | + | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | | ] | } | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | | [ | { | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | | \ | | | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% | | ` | ¬ | 0.000% | 0.000% | 0.000% |
prose (pr z) n. Ordinary speech or writing, without metrical structure.
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Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prsa (r ti), straightforward (discourse). | 
