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19 children's classics: how many different words each one uses, by its length

Little Women is 181 times as long as Peter Rabbit but uses only 27 times as many different words: 10,940 against 399. Each spelling is counted once, so “run” and “runs” are two words.

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19 children's classics: how many different words each one uses, by its length: 19 points, a scatter chart.
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The data: 19 points
Words in the book (thousands)Distinct words (thousands)
1.0310.399
3.990.888
26.7762.636
29.8382.949
39.7672.962
40.0723.439
47.5184.883
51.7414.684
53.624.931
59.6886.559
60.1794.823
60.2454.012
67.1634.952
69.0896.043
72.1877.471
81.4094.954
92.2285.027
103.547.565
186.87510.94
Source
Project Gutenberg, eBooks of 19 children's books (Peter Rabbit to Little Women); words counted by Unlabeled
Licence
Public domain in the USA (statement of use in each eBook's header); only counts are published
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2026-11-06
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