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Calculate the frequency
of characters

Character Frequency

Calculating the frequency of characters can answer many questions, including these:

  • How do I learn about the frequency of the characters in my text?
  • How can I analyze the characters in my text?
  • What kinds of punctuation appear in my text?
  • What are the most/least frequent characters?

You can use the Character Usage report to calculate each unique character's frequency. To run this report, you'll need to have the book view window open. If your search window is open, you won't be able to select the report.

Try It Out:

  1. Analyze > Book Reports > Character Usage Report
  2. Customize the characters you would like to analyze. Try checking the boxes next to Indexed, Nonindexed, and Misc.
  3. Click Start Report.