Letter French German Italian Portuguese A 80 52 117 140 B 6 18 6 6 C 33 31 45 34 D 40 51 31 40 E 197 173 126 142 F 9 21 10 12 G 7 42 17 10 H 6 41 6 10 I 65 81 114 59 J 3 1 [1] 5 K [1] 10 [1] L 49 28 72 32 M 31 20 30 46 N 79 120 66 48 O 57 28 93 110 P 32 8 30 28 Q 12 [1] 3 16 R 74 69 64 64 S 66 57 49 88 T 65 60 60 43 U 62 51 29 46 V 21 9 20 15 W [1] 15 X 3 [1] [1] 1 Y 2 [1] [1] 1 Z 1 14 12 4 Order of Frequency French E A N R S I U O L D C P M V Q F G B J Y Z T H X German E N I R T S A D G H C L F M B W Z K V P J Q X Y U O Italian E A I O L N R T S C D M U V G Z F B Q P H Portuguese E A O S R I N M T D C L P Q V F G B J Z X Y U H Graphic Frequency Tables Frequency of occurrence in 200 letters of text. French A 16 1111111111111111 B 2 11 C 6 111111 D 10 1111111111 E 39 111111111111111111111111111111111111111 F 2 11 G 1 1 H 1 1 I 13 1111111111111 J 1 1 K L 10 1111111111 M 6 111111 N 16 1111111111111111 O 11 11111111111 P 6 111111 Q 2 11 R 15 111111111111111 S 13 1111111111111 T 13 1111111111111 U 12 111111111111 V 4 1111 W X 1 1 Y Z Italian