Corpus of Contemporary Scots Texts - Sortable Top 200 words

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Hereto follows a list of the top 200 words in the corpus normalised per 100,000 words, the number of different authors who've used the words and then number of occurrences normalise per 100,000 words for each dialect.

Clicking on the column headers should sort the table by that dialect either ascending or decending. In some respects this page is an experiment to see if javascript can handle sorting long tables. Top 1,000 words broke my browser so thats why it's the top 200.

The first column is also a link to the concordance and each occurrence of the word.

A full dump of the raw word frequencies can be downloaded in csv format here (do a right click save as)

Word	Total Occurrences per 100,000 words	Authors	Central / Lallans	Doric / Northern	Shetland	Orkney	Southern / Borders	Ulster
the	5108.4	198	5639	5280.6	497.3	5552.5	3148.8	4036.6
a	3036.9	219	2959.2	3255.2	2854	3079.7	2669.4	3419.4
an	2224.4	201	2005.9	2400	2506.2	1947.4	2830.5	2986.5
tae	2038.9	204	2213.5	1712.9	1222.2	2450.1	2210.9	1959.8
o	1878.9	200	1968.4	1715.8	1800.8	1902.1	1691.8	2053.4
in	1448	212	1482.2	1391.4	1179.9	1548.9	1447.4	1526.8
it	1118	200	1268.7	1123.5	702.1	683.8	356.1	953.5
that	913.8	179	1179.5	550	91	892.2	888.5	468
wis	800.2	147	682.8	1230.9	1202.7	1163.9	212.1	11.7
is	717.7	196	852.8	573.5	604.6	724.6	416.8	400.7
i	658	165	548.2	772.3	2041.4	919.3	238.7	623
wi	651.3	169	584.6	791	793.1	344.2	704.7	655.2
and	644.7	180	809.7	355	841.9	1073.3	399.7	190.1
at	644.1	199	607.5	721.1	851.6	557	638.4	529.4
he	626.8	149	592	706.7	929.6	1354.1	206.5	500.1
ye	605.9	135	660.1	635.8		244.5	456.5	728.3
on	584.1	187	578.3	635.8	718.3	788	253.8	602.5
as	536.9	184	574.2	433.1	562.3	538.9	721.8	374.4
s	505	137	503.9	403.4	289.3	833.3	801.4	663.9
ah	487.1	81	508.2	438.8	9.7	67.9	1256.1	20.4
be	483.7	191	554.9	436.4	442	638.5	142	310
for	459	161	523.9	355	490.8	575.1	161	605.4
oot	432.7	184	357.2	564.9	559.1	552.5	378.9	500.1
she	425	121	356.7	506.4	26	108.6	1176.5	219.3
this	410.5	160	520.8	248.1	81.2	475.5	392.1	248.6
ma	403.8	135	424.4	511.2	6.5	31.7	318.2	210.6
but	399.7	171	513.6	93.9	396.5	525.3	524.8	511.8
his	394.7	151	343.7	492.5	555.8	756.3	217.8	356.8
up	385.2	186	349.3	464.7	490.8	230.9	407.3	336.3
nae	377.6	156	268.9	703.3	139.7	13.5	289.8	389
scots	369.4	85	585.9	53.1	9.7	22.6	47.3	526.5
her	339.4	131	279.2	541.9	328.3	307.9	202.7	128.7
they	334.5	154	350.9	264.9	52	566.1	541.8	330.5
me	332.2	159	358.8	254.9	737.8	584.2	111.7	272
we	323.8	170	364.2	231.4	552.6	276.2	238.7	318.8
aboot	321.9	171	303	360.3	367.3	357.7	308.8	289.5
fae	317	154	328.9	298	559.1	403	49.2	418.2
no	302.5	158	390.4	43.1	292.5	643.1	397.8	383.1
hae	297.3	140	313.4	204.1	175.5	122.2	358	786.8
or	297	158	310.2	275.9	182	280.7	251.9	435.8
like	295.7	149	290	442.2	45.5	181.1	90.9	90.6
aye	287.4	143	310.2	298	71.5	244.5	98.5	438.7
wee	281.5	143	300.3	267.8		22.6	352.3	429.9
said	280.7	114	237	264.9	182	221.9	928.3	73.1
day	263.9	155	168.9	498.7	282.8	271.7	151.5	219.3
th	260.9	23	8	163.8	3.2	4.5	3201.8	2.9
jist	257.6	118	223.7	425.4		45.2	221.6	99.4
aw	255.7	87	397	20.1	22.7		395.9	14.6
oan	247.7	74	289.8	152.3		31.7	615.7	76
there	237.4	149	269.8	199.3	45.5	258.1	306.9	99.4
you	231.9	124	229.1	272.6	312	262.6	56.8	198.9
da	230.8	55	18.8	41.2	5295.3	9	53	8.7
yer	224.5	109	219.9	281.2		40.7	217.8	269.1
bit	217.4	145	114.5	443.2	289.3	285.3	187.5	117
whit	216.7	111	315.9	6.7	159.2	267.2	339.1	38
mair	207.4	138	225.5	182.5	133.2	18.1	168.6	371.4
are	206.5	131	237	170	120.2	181.1	168.6	184.2
doon	203.8	151	127.6	314.3	243.7	244.5	278.5	345.1
fur	203.8	77	145.1	289.8	214.5	185.6	299.3	298.3
ower	200.3	136	168.7	261.6	302.3	140.3	187.5	204.7
noo	193.8	147	159	263	143	262.6	179.9	245.7
time	188.8	157	191.6	188.3	198.2	203.8	217.8	93.6
ken	183	125	178.1	209.8	65	280.7	223.5	64.3
see	182.8	154	184	205	250.3	181.1	77.6	134.5
fir	182.7	83	198.8	186.8	234	108.6	142	11.7
their	180	119	187.3	200.2	19.5	58.8	212.1	134.5
ti	177.6	20	265.1	103			28.4
n	177.5	56	266.9	81.4	104	27.1	22.7	2.9
fit	177.4	95	26.5	592.2	19.5	31.7	56.8	32.1
back	175.1	146	153.4	220.8	286	249	176.1	29.2
get	174.1	136	183.7	182.5	123.5	67.9	170.5	117
him	173.1	122	162.2	173.4	305.5	285.3	111.7	216.4
if	171.2	140	163.7	162.9	214.5	226.4	233	149.1
aa	162.9	82	81.3	256.8	396.5	108.6	138.3	514.8
frae	161.9	65	148.2	167.6	16.2		251.9	400.7
to	160.2	133	150.3	171	435.5	167.5	70	111.1
them	157.8	127	155.4	183.5	42.2	285.3	71.9	187.2
can	156.3	146	184.6	110.6	139.7	176.6	136.4	99.4
hid	155.9	68	23.5	438.8	16.2	937.5	9.4
sae	155.4	100	152.1	147	32.5	9	308.8	219.3
been	152.5	141	185.5	116.9	136.5	240	51.1	55.5
guid	152.4	100	212	55.1	61.7	58.8	111.7	175.5
of	151	135	176.8	110.2	191.7	163	100.4	99.4
richt	149.8	108	144	190.2	35.7		159.1	163.8
here	141	136	167.1	87.2	156	163	151.5	84.8
weel	140.5	113	125.1	164.8	182	258.1	49.2	219.3
scotland	138.3	88	226.2	30.6	19.5	9	17	29.2
dae	137.9	112	192.1	32.5		54.3	164.8	213.5
oor	137.3	120	175.7	91	13	31.7	94.7	166.7
some	134.4	140	117.7	164.8	149.5	158.5	172.4	78.9
it's	133.6	80	119.3	180.6	221	36.2	51.1	146.2
its	133	118	167.6	94.3	26	54.3	100.4	117
fowk	132.9	75	169.8	121.2	3.2	4.5	45.4	58.5
so	130.6	135	127.8	128.8	318.5	262.6	51.1	46.8
wid	128.1	109	84	224.7	331.5	203.8	43.5	11.7
twa	127.7	114	91.4	236.2	94.2	90.5	35.9	134.5
awa	126.8	108	88.5	212.2	100.7	31.7	142	166.7
by	125	136	157.5	52.2	130	126.8	98.5	181.3
bi	124.7	49	135	161.4	19.5	13.5	71.9	14.6
my	123.9	96	99	132.2	555.8	40.7	32.2	204.7
were	122.8	107	126.7	98.2	120.2	126.8	234.9	49.7
aff	122.8	127	106.9	177.2	162.5	36.2	51.1	128.7
when	122.6	105	156.3	20.6	172.2	167.5	251.9	32.1
lol	121.9	8	216.3	1.9				2.9
m	121	67	151.2	63.2	97.5	117.7	170.5	29.2
was	119.4	107	68.9	49.8	123.5	54.3	791.9	201.8
will	119.2	107	156.8	89.1	58.5	72.4	39.7	20.4
then	118.9	123	116.6	103.4	13	63.4	263.3	152.1
auld	113.2	102	108.9	141.3	52	36.2	161	29.2
intae	113	117	115.4	87.2	94.2	172.1	191.3	96.5
got	112.4	129	106	124.5	100.7	176.6	138.3	49.7
nicht	110	81	81.5	195	26	9	64.4	172.5
lang	109.8	118	90.3	126	113.7	40.7	134.5	269.1
say	108.1	125	103.1	91.5	58.5	95.1	225.4	146.2
thon	106.6	67	92.3	92.4			39.7	646.4
ae	103.2	70	138.8	84.8	6.5	4.5	34.1	8.7
fer	102.6	20	112.1	136.5	6.5	49.8	18.9	23.4
-	102	83	119	65.1	91	67.9	113.6	119.9
muckle	101.6	103	109.8	91	159.2	99.6	96.6	17.5
tha	101.5	21	2.6	0.4			1.8	2316.6
ither	101.4	95	118.6	74.7	9.7	90.5	109.8	117
b	100.9	27	130.9	4.7	32.5		375.1
efter	98.9	99	89.4	119.3	97.5	76.9	123.1	76
new	95.8	115	98.1	98.7	71.5	117.7	71.9	93.6
d	95.5	90	82.2	76.6	247	126.8	198.9	67.2
us	94.8	116	116.3	54.6	16.2	86	102.3	125.7
yin	94.5	77	90.5	2.8		90.5	261.4	535.2
think	94.1	109	97	106.8	110.5	99.6	30.3	58.5
afore	93.2	114	72.1	114	133.2	163	123.1	114
temp	91.7	2		348.8
did	91.3	105	83.1	110.2	68.2	99.6	136.4	29.2
pit	89.8	112	97	98.2	26	63.4	37.8	99.4
thocht	89.5	76	70.3	133.6	6.5		157.2	99.4
had	88.8	96	126.4	27.3	91	31.7	24.6	108.2
wes	88	5	154.8			4.5	17
ain	88	100	103.3	71.8	45.5	4.5	64.4	117
ane	87.8	79	114.5	74.7	22.7	36.2	28.4	2.9
heid	87.7	98	69.2	113	16.2	76.9	126.9	184.2
dinnae	86.1	63	111.4	20.1		4.5	136.4	213.5
year	86	111	92.7	80.9	146.2	72.4	58.7	26.3
yon	83.9	48	46.5	182	26	4.5	132.6
fine	83.4	89	32.5	210.8	136.5	81.5	20.8	17.5
first	82.7	122	87.4	80.4	198.2	81.5	32.2	11.7
could	82.1	108	69.2	64.6	172.2	149.4	193.2	61.4
than	81.7	93	88.5	81.9	9.7	149.4	71.9	29.2
still	81.5	125	80.8	75.2	120.2	104.1	90.9	64.3
ony	81.5	83	69.8	97.7	71.5	27.1	98.5	152.1
een	81.4	99	35.4	166.7	243.7	63.4	43.5	81.9
ee	80.8	47	38.8	6.7	26	4.5	812.7	49.7
hoose	80.3	109	50.7	120.7	146.2	126.8	60.6	160.8
hame	79.7	121	58.6	125.5	68.2	27.1	70	134.5
come	78.6	112	71.2	74.2	156	81.5	119.3	67.2
mind	78.2	120	80.6	47.9	133.2	90.5	123.1	105.3
even	78.1	102	93.6	48.3	117	81.5	75.7	23.4
te	77.9	9		296.1			1.8
mak	77.7	107	88.7	53.1	91	76.9	77.6	73.1
tak	77.4	103	77	61.8	58.5	108.6	92.8	152.1
eet	77.2	5	0.6				1155.6
man	76.9	101	89.4	37.3	84.5	90.5	109.8	90.6
gie	75.2	101	60.2	66.1	35.7	13.5	161	269.1
fin	75.2	43	4.7	251.5	48.7	9	11.3	81.9
am	75.2	83	96.3	53.1	42.2	81.5	26.5	35.1
folk	74.5	75	77	35.4	74.7	208.3	56.8	222.3
affa	74.2	34	7.6	264.9	3.2			2.9
jonsar	74	1		281.7
big	72.5	111	86	45	52	49.8	62.5	114
again	71.9	94	66.5	99.1	84.5	95.1	35.9	5.8
syne	71	62	87.1	68.5	9.7		41.6	23.4
wae	69.5	32	78.1	0.9		520.8	30.3	207.6
language	69.4	53	116.8	8.1	13	13.5	5.6	11.7
fair	68.9	104	47.1	103.9	26	36.2	145.8	78.9
micht	68.6	75	75.4	60.8	22.7		83.3	90.6
need	67.9	93	82.2	57.4	61.7	40.7	22.7	38
whan	67.6	47	104.4	1.4	29.2	54.3	43.5	73.1
braw	67	74	90.7	52.7	3.2		20.8	17.5
made	66.2	110	69.6	69.4	61.7	31.7	73.8	17.5
cannae	66.1	68	86.2	10.5		4.5	79.5	222.3
dinna	66	55	54.1	120.7	58.5	18.1	11.3	8.7
wey	66	59	104.7	7.1	9.7	104.1	30.3	2.9
gaun	65.3	53	59.3	72.3			185.6	17.5
bein	65.3	81	78.8	52.7	58.5	13.5	51.1	29.2
go	65.1	107	73.9	56.5	100.7	90.5	15.1	32.1
seen	64.3	97	59.9	80.4	39	99.6	56.8	35.1
dis	64.3	50	16.8	129.8	481	27.1	17	5.8
anither	64.1	77	65.6	57.9	3.2	86	70	114
last	64	107	54.8	68	104	67.9	98.5	67.2
wad	63.7	40	74.5	68.9	35.7		34.1	2.9
maist	63.6	85	77.9	44.5	22.7	49.8	43.5	70.2
best	63.2	111	58.6	58.9	87.7	67.9	43.5	155
gin	62.5	57	88.2	34	6.5	18.1	24.6	38
nor	61.9	77	73	31.1	39	27.1	41.6	181.3
ll	61.7	66	48.7	54.1	107.2	95.1	174.3	40.9
far	61.6	87	23.5	151.4	52	22.6	35.9	81.9
kent	61.2	84	57.7	76.1	71.5	54.3	68.2
haes	60.2	37	93.9		29.2	90.5	13.2	70.2
tell	59.4	104	59.3	56.5	68.2	58.8	87.1	29.2
bairns	59.4	74	73.4	48.3	65	13.5	37.8	2.9
thing	59.2	92	63.8	56.5	32.5	90.5	30.3	64.3
cam	58.3	68	51	63.7	149.5	67.9	75.7	5.8
er	58.3	28	11.2	154.7		4.5	162.9	8.7
english	58	60	84.4	11	9.7	13.5	22.7	128.7