Syllable Frequency: Greek (Ελληνικά)
On this page you can see two tables with the frequencies of the syllables of the Greek language. These lists were created with the syllable counter, which is integrated in the WordCreator. Basis of these frequency lists was a Greek text with 1,442,382 characters (235,614 words), which consisted of a good mix of different literary genres.
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Two-Party Syllables (Digrams)
In the following two tables, you can see the two-party syllables (digrams) in Greek. From the original text, 271,623 two-party syllables were extracted, in the table only two-party syllables with a probability of at least 0.75 % are shown. The first list is sorted alphabetically according to the syllables, the second list according to the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the digrams ΤΟ, ΟΥ and ΑΙ are the most frequent occurring letter combinations in the Greek language.
Letter | Frequency |
ΑΙ | 1.76 % |
ΑΝ | 1.44 % |
ΑΠ | 0.76 % |
ΑΣ | 0.77 % |
ΕΊ | 1.27 % |
ΕΙ | 1.15 % |
ΗΣ | 0.87 % |
ΙΑ | 1.23 % |
ΙΚ | 0.80 % |
ΚΑ | 1.71 % |
ΜΑ | 0.75 % |
ΜΕ | 0.81 % |
ΝΑ | 1.70 % |
ΟΥ | 1.94 % |
ΠΟ | 1.23 % |
ΡΑ | 0.80 % |
ΡΟ | 0.76 % |
ΣΕ | 0.98 % |
ΣΤ | 1.31 % |
ΤΑ | 1.73 % |
ΤΕ | 0.76 % |
ΤΗ | 1.50 % |
ΤΙ | 0.92 % |
ΤΟ | 2.32 % |
Letter | Frequency |
ΤΟ | 2.32 % |
ΟΥ | 1.94 % |
ΑΙ | 1.76 % |
ΤΑ | 1.73 % |
ΚΑ | 1.71 % |
ΝΑ | 1.70 % |
ΤΗ | 1.50 % |
ΑΝ | 1.44 % |
ΣΤ | 1.31 % |
ΕΊ | 1.27 % |
ΙΑ | 1.23 % |
ΠΟ | 1.23 % |
ΕΙ | 1.15 % |
ΣΕ | 0.98 % |
ΤΙ | 0.92 % |
ΗΣ | 0.87 % |
ΜΕ | 0.81 % |
ΙΚ | 0.80 % |
ΡΑ | 0.80 % |
ΑΣ | 0.77 % |
ΡΟ | 0.76 % |
ΤΕ | 0.76 % |
ΑΠ | 0.76 % |
ΜΑ | 0.75 % |
Three-Party Syllables (Trigrams)
In the last two tables, you can see the three-party syllables (trigrams) of the Greek language. From the original text, 88,793 three-party syllables were extracted. In the table, only trigrams with a probability of at least 0.30 % are published. The first list is sorted by the syllables, the second list is ordered by the frequencies of the syllables. Accordingly, the trigrams ΚΑΙ, ΤΟΥ and ΤΗΝ are the most frequent in the Greek language.
Letter | Frequency |
ΑΠΌ | 0.60 % |
ΑΥΤ | 0.44 % |
ΓΙΑ | 0.57 % |
ΔΕΝ | 0.49 % |
ΕΊΝ | 0.44 % |
ΕΊΧ | 0.30 % |
ΈΝΑ | 0.46 % |
ΉΤΑ | 0.48 % |
ΊΝΑ | 0.43 % |
ΚΑΙ | 1.32 % |
ΜΈΝ | 0.31 % |
ΝΑΙ | 0.42 % |
ΝΤΑ | 0.37 % |
ΟΥΣ | 0.42 % |
ΠΟΥ | 0.42 % |
ΠΡΟ | 0.31 % |
ΣΕΙ | 0.36 % |
ΣΤΗ | 0.38 % |
ΣΤΟ | 0.47 % |
ΤΑΙ | 0.34 % |
ΤΑΝ | 0.66 % |
ΤΗΝ | 0.67 % |
ΤΗΣ | 0.64 % |
ΤΙΚ | 0.33 % |
ΤΟΥ | 1.04 % |
Letter | Frequency |
ΚΑΙ | 1.32 % |
ΤΟΥ | 1.04 % |
ΤΗΝ | 0.67 % |
ΤΑΝ | 0.66 % |
ΤΗΣ | 0.64 % |
ΑΠΌ | 0.60 % |
ΓΙΑ | 0.57 % |
ΔΕΝ | 0.49 % |
ΉΤΑ | 0.48 % |
ΣΤΟ | 0.47 % |
ΈΝΑ | 0.46 % |
ΕΊΝ | 0.44 % |
ΑΥΤ | 0.44 % |
ΊΝΑ | 0.43 % |
ΝΑΙ | 0.42 % |
ΟΥΣ | 0.42 % |
ΠΟΥ | 0.42 % |
ΣΤΗ | 0.38 % |
ΝΤΑ | 0.37 % |
ΣΕΙ | 0.36 % |
ΤΑΙ | 0.34 % |
ΤΙΚ | 0.33 % |
ΠΡΟ | 0.31 % |
ΜΈΝ | 0.31 % |
ΕΊΧ | 0.30 % |
A list of Greek letter frequencies can be found here.
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