word_counts.py

from collections import Counter

# Download a wordlist such as the one available here:
# https://github.com/dwyl/english-words

with open("../resources/words/words_alpha.txt") as d:
    wl = [x.strip() for x in d.readlines()]

firsts = [x[0] for x in wl]
fives = [x for x in wl if len(x) == 5]


def top_letters(ctr, n=10):
    return ",".join([x[0].upper() for x in ctr.most_common(n)])


print("For all words in the list")
print("Most common first letters")
print(top_letters(Counter(firsts)))
print("Most common all positions")
print(top_letters(Counter("".join(wl))))

print("For five letter words:")
for i in range(5):
    print(f"Top letters in position {i}")
    letters = [x[i] for x in fives]
    print(top_letters(Counter(letters)))