2559 CVCVVC 981 CCCVCC 635 CCVCVV 2333 CCVCCV 968 VCCCVC 420 VVCCVC 15464 CVCCVC 1980 CCVCCC 943 CVVCCC 396 CCCVVC 8722 CVCVCV 1841 VCCVCC 915 VCVCCV VCVCVV 4935 CVCVCC 1696 VCCVCV 843 CCCCVC 319 VCVCCC 3706 CCVCVC 1602 CVCCCC 777 CVVCVV 317 VCVVCV 3489 CVVCVC 1560 CVVCCV 737 CCVVCV 280 VVCVCC 2623 CVCCVV 1454 VCVCVC 698 VCCVVC 2578 CVCCCV 1107 CCVVCC 653 CCCVCV Note that for six letter words, in both Spanish and English, CVCCVC is the top-occuring pattern, while CVCVCV is second. However, note some disagreement in lower ranked patterns: English (4935 CVCVCC)3 > (2559 CVCVVC)8 Spanish (2769 CVCVCC)8 < (3243 CVCVVC)3 English 7 $awk '{print $1}' $e|sed -n '/^.\{7\}$/s/[eaiouéÿíáïäóèöîãаüоеиåàê]/V/gp'|sed 's/[rnstlchdmgpbkyfvwzjxqñþçт]/C/g'|sort|uniq -c|sort -nr|head -32
15464 CVCCVC 8722 CVCVCV 4935 CVCVCC 3706 CCVCVC 3489 CVVCVC 2623 CVCCVV 2578 CVCCCV 2559 CVCVVC 2333 CCVCCV 1980 CCVCCC 1841 VCCVCC 1696 VCCVCV 1602 CVCCCC 1560 CVVCCV 1454 VCVCVC 1107 CCVVCC 981 CCCVCC 968 VCCCVC 943 CVVCCC 915 VCVCCV 843 CCCCVC 777 CVVCVV 737 CCVVCV 698 VCCVVC 653 CCCVCV 635 CCVCVV 420 VVCCVC 396 CCCVVC VCVCVV 319 VCVCCC 317 VCVVCV 280 VVCVCC Note that for six letter words, in both Spanish and English, CVCCVC is the top-occuring pattern, while CVCVCV is second. However, note some disagreement in lower ranked patterns: English (4935 CVCVCC)3 > (2559 CVCVVC)8 Spanish (2769 CVCVCC)8 < (3243 CVCVVC)3 English 7 $awk '{print $1}' $e|sed -n '/^.\{7\}$/s/[eaiouéÿíáïäóèöîãаüоеиåàê]/V/gp'|sed 's/[rnstlchdmgpbkyfvwzjxqñþçт]/C/g'|sort|uniq -c|sort -nr|head -32