This counter separates the letters in your text into vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonants, and reports both raw counts and percentages. In ordinary English prose vowels make up roughly 38-40% of letters, with 'e' alone accounting for about 12% of all letters — which is why 'e' is worth one point in Scrabble and why frequency analysis breaks simple substitution ciphers so easily. The letter 'y' is reported separately because it behaves as a vowel in 'rhythm' but as a consonant in 'yellow'. Teachers use the breakdown for phonics work, puzzle setters use it for constrained writing, and language students use it to compare texts.
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