What is the least used letter?

[David Borowitz]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequencies

Z. If you don't believe it, it's quick and easy to count letter frequencies
in large corpora.

On 4/9/07, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I wonder what is the least used letter?
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL4+
> See truespel.com and the 4 truespel books at authorhouse.com.
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> >From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
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> >It is popularly believed in the ad and marketing industries that X is the
> >most interesting and enticing letter you can use (I never spell "sex"
> >without it.)  Contrariwise, Q is the least appealing.
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> >   So always try to use an X and avoid a Q. If you can suggest some
> >appealing word with it, like "sex" or luxury" (but definitely not "tax"
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> >"Xerxes"), so much the better.
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> >   JL
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