Scots GrFrequent Wirds
Wirds is arranged in order o frequency, maist frequent is number ane.
The list is based on the wirds in the texts in Scots fae the hale o the ScotsteXt site at the time o writin (29t Januar 2002), but it's no wirth fashin wi what exack texts wis uised nor the exack frequencies o the wirds, wi hou the dialeck spellins in thae texts disna mak richt accuracy possible. Eneuch tae say it's fae a fine an muckle walin o traditional Scots texts, baith prose an poetry.
We hae taen oot aa the proper nouns fae the list, as weel as pure literary wirds the likes o thee/thy/thou, bendna an thinkna.
We've uised some mair English-like spellins whiles, tae mak the ettle o the wird clear athoot context: ye should chainge thir tae guid Scots spellins for acual uise.
1 the 2 an 3 a 4 o 5 tae 6 I 7 in 8 that 9 he 10 wis 11 wi 12 for 13 ye 14 his 15 my 16 it 17 but 18 on 19 me 20 they 21 her 22 as 23 be 24 at 25 she 26 yer 27 whan 28 him 29 no 30 is 31 their 32 haed 33 sae 34 till 35 like 36 frae 37 them 38 we 39 or 40 hae 41 says 42 wad 43 what 44 up 45 oot 46 doun 47 man 48 ower 49 there 50 nae 51 bi 52 oor 53 weel 54 were 55 auld 56 ane 57 day 58 see 59 shall 60 will 61 this 62 wha 63 nou 64 it's 65 awa 66 mair 67 guid 68 ain 69 if 70 aboot 71 aye 72 been 73 lang 74 nicht 75 said 76 can 77 us 78 come 79 haes 80 cam 81 folk 82 time 83 there's 84 hert 85 then 86 some 87 mey 88 wee 89 never 90 juist 91 throu 92 ken 93 hame 94 back 95 get 96 did 97 I'm 98 gie 99 say 100 maun 101 afore 102 I'll 103 bonny 104 hou 105 nor 106 could 107 tak 108 syne 109 dae 110 got 111 hand 112 twa 113 that's 114 kirk 115 roond 116 miss 117 mind 118 again 119 aa 120 ill 121 gae 122 here 123 saw 124 vera 125 by 126 mony 127 mak 128 think 129 fou 130 wey 131 than 132 hoose 133 ever 134 sic 135 puir 136 ony 137 tell 138 fair 139 heid 140 yet 141 ne'er 142 gang 143 tho 144 its 145 pit 146 life 147 made 148 faur 149 let 150 thocht 151 he's 152 na 153 gaed 154 sang 155 name 156 micht 157 bit 158 ay 159 ae 160 fine 161 young 162 love 163 while 164 thing 165 himsel 166 efter 167 leuk 168 ye'll 169 set 170 whaur 171 hear 172 ilka 173 intae 174 should 175 muckle 176 heard 177 richt 178 gin 179 wife 180 upon 181 een 182 face 183 nane 184 land 185 first 186 baith 187 anither 188 gaun 189 lat 190 men 191 o't 192 amang 193 sair 194 dear 195 licht 196 aff 197 kent 198 I've 199 teuk 200 kind 201 didna 202 days 203 near 204 ye're 205 yon 206 still 207 canna 208 side 209 place 210 ance 211 end 212 best 213 door 214 ither 215 hiech 216 she's 217 same 218 three 219 dinna 220 last 221 naething 222 couldna 223 ca 224 seen 225 abuin 226 hiv 227 qo 228 e'en 229 whaur 230 better 231 mysel 232 great 233 yersel 234 left 235 haud 236 wird 237 toun 238 little 239 ilk 240 watter 241 went 242 keep 243 maister 244 wrang 245 deid 246 road 247 mibbie 248 ee 249 we'll 250 sweet 251 black 252 leukin 253 things 254 care 255 comes 256 body 257 feet 258 haa 259 they're 260 year 261 blythe 262 sin 263 braw 264 leddy 265 gate 266 wisna 267 lassie 268 bide 269 duin 270 green 271 sicht 272 sat 273 am 274 fire 275 thae 276 warld 277 new 278 wark 279 wadna 280 win 281 bairns 282 fit 283 saul 284 lilt 285 king 286 dout 287 cauld 288 maist 289 whiles 290 every 291 aff 292 sing 293 comin 294 winna 295 air 296 unco 297 sea 298 hale 299 bein 300 are 301 lad 302 only 303 big 304 thegither 305 free 306 white 307 bed 308 ben 309 fear 310 lift 311 true 312 gane 313 awfu 314 smaa 315 mither 316 lay 317 faa 318 weary 319 laud 320 sun 321 which 322 sittin 323 hill 324 half 325 fell 326 thinkin 327 lass 328 yin 329 fae 330 gey 331 sit 332 need 333 fain 334 we're 335 mornin 336 atween 337 mine 338 tongue 339 years 340 rest 341 ca'd 342 wind 343 meet 344 clean 345 minister 346 laddie 347 deil 348 cry 349 alane 350 taen 351 find 352 faither 353 ran 354 want 355 help 356 he'll 357 turn 358 next 359 gied 360 red 361 siller 362 telt 363 something 364 stane 365 joy 366 blue 367 lads 368 law 369 aside 370 wild 371 bairn 372 hills 373 eneuch 374 speak 375 wirds 376 gettin 377 hair 378 real 379 tree 380 bring 381 hope 382 daith 383 gentleman 384 seek 385 laird 386 room 387 pride 388 much 389 waa 390 yirth 391 play 392 suin 393 leave 394 I'd 395 lave 396 drink 397 born 398 bricht 399 burn 400 turned 401 pairt 402 heeven 403 kens 404 dark 405 live 406 son 407 here's 408 less 409 clear 410 truith 411 past 412 sayin 413 morn 414 stuid 415 happy 416 herts 417 uised 418 gar 419 wirth 420 wumman 421 intil 422 fast 423 glen 424 man's 425 lippen 426 honest 427 even 428 try 429 times 430 yerlane 431 sleep 432 grey 433 bluid 434 plain 435 peace 436 lowrie 437 winter 438 gear 439 tither 440 grace 441 deep 442 alang 443 haly 444 grand 445 street 446 faith 447 they'll 448 aft 449 lie 450 tea 451 flew 452 believe 453 brocht 454 few 455 loud 456 queer 457 sky 458 rin 459 lasses 460 brak 461 lost 462 spring 463 e'er 464 what's 465 we've 466 spak 467 leuked 468 dis 469 snaw 470 ten 471 ahint 472 sheep 473 laid 474 lane 475 leddies 476 hour 477 ye've 478 waur 479 shuir 480 blaw 481 bell 482 braes 483 dry 484 forget 485 ding 486 read 487 gien 488 rose 489 pleased 490 met 491 stanes 492 sent 493 he'd 494 thrang 495 tellin 496 wae 497 dee 498 crack 499 brae 500 dang 501 redd 502 ava 503 brither 504 makin 505 wheen 506 lies 507 pow 508 low 509 chance 510 tail 511 hands 512 thole 513 ithin 514 country 515 banes 516 wanted 517 flee 518 story 519 bad 520 mirk 521 gat 522 pair 523 easy 524 guidness 525 stand 526 each 527 merry 528 cuddy 529 show 530 late 531 heal 532 blast 533 bosom 534 haudin 535 wide 536 ither 537 sense 538 hard 539 haedna 540 heids 541 horse 542 simmer 543 gree 544 dug 545 table 546 stan 547 wish 548 praise 549 fecht 550 tryst 551 atowre 552 tears 553 folks 554 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paper 655 rue 656 altho 657 greetin 658 friend 659 prood 660 coat 661 themsels 662 canny 663 mou 664 hearken 665 cat 666 breist 667 bonnet 668 save 669 leukit 670 front 671 tried 672 faither's 673 mooth 674 whether 675 job 676 braid 677 wat 678 tap 679 lug 680 takin 681 twenty 682 glory 683 naither 684 mill 685 health 686 company 687 warm 688 wrocht 689 age 690 hurry 691 gies 692 began 693 cried 694 birds 695 pleasure 696 thinks 697 hey 698 seems 699 full 700 muin 701 vote 702 lot 703 bare 704 forrit 705 smile 706 queen 707 seemed 708 maiter 709 brig 710 meikle 711 these 712 bodies 713 terrible 714 leal 715 mean 716 nature 717 fash 718 keen 719 inside 720 'mang 721 heavy 722 kin 723 ring 724 seein 725 blink 726 pictur 727 bid 728 box 729 bits 730 wit 731 bidden 732 east 733 thankfu 734 lea 735 leuks 736 speakin 737 gaen 738 fause 739 wear 740 keepit 741 lyin 742 gets 743 dearie 744 lowe 745 till 746 close 747 corn 748 cock 749 gairden 750 kiss 751 flouers 752 walk 753 legs 754 til 755 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