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Take but degree away, untune that string,
And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets
In mere oppugnancy.

      — Troilus and Cressida, Act I Scene 3

Open Source Shakespeare search statistics

Most-searched keywords
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# Count Keyword
1 9,704 love
2 6,807 I
3 6,077 blood
4 4,526 is
5 4,279 hate
6 3,863 be
7 3,656 you
8 3,652 night
9 3,385 my
10 3,376 death
11 3,018 sleep
12 2,902 time
13 2,679 man
14 2,612 me
15 2,456 honour
16 2,358 that
17 2,238 dream
18 2,049 nature
19 2,033 it
20 2,007 what
21 1,939 honest
22 1,908 fool
23 1,892 king
24 1,881 heart
25 1,815 nothing
26 1,791 thou
27 1,790 loved
28 1,790 romeo
29 1,698 light
30 1,655 hand
31 1,639 heaven
32 1,638 this
33 1,633 all
34 1,597 macbeth
35 1,589 have
36 1,568 god
37 1,538 mad
38 1,529 as
39 1,517 hamlet
40 1,512 fear
41 1,498 will
42 1,477 see
43 1,453 eye
44 1,453 your
45 1,420 do
46 1,406 with
47 1,363 no
48 1,338 moon
49 1,302 eyes
50 1,289 good
51 1,283 juliet
52 1,255 moor
53 1,244 am
54 1,236 black
55 1,232 he
56 1,225 sun
57 1,223 father
58 1,216 revenge
59 1,187 play
60 1,184 wine
61 1,182 devil
62 1,178 life
63 1,168 art
64 1,166 o
65 1,162 are
66 1,093 fair
67 1,065 day
68 1,053 stars
69 1,031 madness
70 1,028 thy
71 1,026 more
72 1,023 if
73 1,022 we
74 1,008 come
75 1,005 act
76 993 music
77 989 his
78 989 words
79 979 hell
80 976 dark
81 976 like
82 968 so
83 959 virgin
84 946 world
85 946 lord
86 938 die
87 936 soul
88 900 evil
89 897 truth
90 896 war
91 888 othello
92 881 power
93 877 shall
94 861 fortune
95 858 thee
96 855 caesar
97 847 mother
98 846 lady
99 841 lines
100 839 name
101 836 now
102 832 how
103 831 fate
104 826 ear
105 825 sight
106 819 faith
107 810 crown
108 808 justice
109 795 by
110 782 sweet
111 781 1
112 779 poison
113 774 beauty
114 769 fire
115 755 stage
116 754 friend
117 752 woman
118 750 marriage
119 749 dog
120 742 her
121 733 know
122 732 noble
123 730 let
124 725 tongue
125 725 star
126 725 foul
127 720 true
128 718 monster
129 714 on
130 714 bond
131 712 speak
132 708 water
133 699 him
134 694 our
135 694 one
136 672 bear
137 671 horse
138 670 gold
139 670 was
140 661 word
141 656 dead
142 654 when
143 654 who
144 640 wit
145 640 peace
146 638 lie
147 637 henry
148 634 murder
149 631 dagger
150 630 darkness
151 628 done
152 627 honor
153 622 out
154 620 rose
155 619 well
156 619 dreams
157 616 bloody
158 614 look
159 610 hear
160 607 book
161 600 men
162 597 sin
163 597 villain
164 595 too
165 592 bootless
166 591 ghost
167 588 ass
168 585 earth
169 579 old
170 577 kill
171 577 white
172 576 ambition
173 575 virtue
174 574 flower
175 570 sea
176 568 go
177 566 she
178 564 lear
179 562 wind
180 561 much
181 560 grace
182 556 shadow
183 555 spirit
184 550 prince
185 548 hath
186 547 there
187 543 face
188 541 from
189 539 reason
190 537 mind
191 531 brave
192 531 hands
193 527 daughter
194 526 blind
195 526 say
196 521 live
197 520 whore
198 516 son
199 516 scene
200 515 virginity
201 515 women
202 515 false
203 515 give
204 513 silence
205 511 thing
206 509 end
207 508 hope
208 507 sword
209 504 jew
210 503 wife
211 503 passion
212 498 friar
213 496 why
214 495 gentle
215 494 tempest
216 485 trust
217 485 joy
218 483 never
219 480 beast
220 479 two
221 479 queen
222 478 would
223 478 ill
224 477 may
225 476 child
226 475 here
227 473 lovest
228 470 which
229 469 marry
230 467 snow
231 467 mercy
232 463 slave
233 461 julius
234 461 must
235 458 birth
236 456 make
237 453 disease
238 450 own
239 449 money
240 449 measure
241 448 speech
242 447 sir
243 446 ring
244 445 friends
245 445 part
246 444 where
247 443 honesty
248 441 garden
249 440 doth
250 435 head
251 435 letter
252 433 sick
253 432 strange
254 430 take
255 429 conscience
256 429 desire
257 429 law
258 428 they
259 428 self
260 426 bird
261 426 brutus
262 424 jealousy
263 424 winter
264 422 handkerchief
265 421 did
266 420 think
267 419 rain
268 419 at
269 418 body
270 416 hero
271 416 great
272 416 revel
273 415 doubt
274 413 shrew
275 411 serpent
276 411 speeches
277 409 home
278 409 wound
279 408 rogue
280 408 grave
281 407 than
282 406 flesh
283 405 brother
284 404 fish
285 403 sorrow
286 402 can
287 402 memory
288 402 ophelia
289 402 drink
290 402 duty
291 402 ears
292 401 friendship
293 398 their
294 397 jealous
295 397 upon
296 396 air
297 396 melancholy
298 394 lion
299 393 eat
300 392 witch
301 390 kind
302 386 age
303 386 should
304 385 remember
305 385 work
306 385 pray
307 384 food
308 382 capulet
309 380 iago
310 379 green
311 378 thanks
312 378 kiss
313 377 mine
314 376 most
315 376 storm
316 375 up
317 375 born
318 373 courage
319 373 grief
320 371 happy
321 370 tale
322 370 farewell
323 370 richard
324 368 thought
325 368 cat
326 367 lost
327 367 poor
328 367 dance
329 367 master
330 365 such
331 363 drunk
332 361 tomorrow
333 359 bed
334 358 about
335 356 wisdom
336 356 breath
337 353 tears
338 353 question
339 350 pain
340 350 success
341 347 seem
342 347 house
343 346 natural
344 346 quotes
345 346 dear
346 346 little
347 344 voice
348 343 then
349 342 soft
350 341 better
351 341 yet
352 340 double
353 339 glass
354 339 patience
355 337 made
356 337 lips
357 337 husband
358 336 red
359 335 midsummer
360 335 show
361 334 us
362 334 magic
363 333 base
364 333 tybalt
365 332 were
366 331 unnatural
367 331 tyrant
368 330 angel
369 328 creature
370 327 flowers
371 326 young
372 325 nurse
373 325 cannot
374 323 read
375 320 three
376 320 freedom
377 320 plague
378 319 rest
379 319 these
380 317 some
381 315 ever
382 315 has
383 314 cold
384 314 had
385 313 merry
386 313 england
387 312 very
388 312 destiny
389 311 song
390 311 fight
391 309 cuckold
392 305 rank
393 305 venice
394 304 tree
395 304 envy
396 303 mark
397 303 common
398 302 humour
399 301 tell
400 299 change
401 299 leave
402 298 cupid
403 298 myself
404 298 stone
405 297 feast
406 297 boot
407 296 many
408 296 shame
409 296 reputation
410 295 bound
411 295 does
412 295 snake
413 294 spring
414 293 new
415 293 right
416 291 thine
417 291 gods
418 289 still
419 288 order
420 287 merchant
421 286 curse
422 286 2
423 285 sport
424 285 children
425 285 crave
426 282 bastard
427 281 oh
428 281 secret
429 281 free
430 280 march
431 280 betray
432 278 v
433 277 rotten
434 277 weather
435 276 worm
436 276 ocean
437 273 owl
438 272 away
439 271 mistress
440 270 imagination
441 269 wise
442 269 dust
443 269 place
444 269 call
445 267 milk
446 267 language
447 267 matter
448 267 ado
449 266 mirror
450 266 sing
451 264 story
452 264 forgive
453 264 hair
454 262 twelfth
455 261 cry
456 260 land
457 259 antony
458 258 lies
459 258 write
460 258 guilt
461 257 montague
462 256 knowledge
463 255 tear
464 255 fashion
465 255 chance
466 254 desdemona
467 254 sex
468 253 revels
469 253 fly
470 252 thank
471 250 battle
472 249 wolf
473 249 youth
474 248 horatio
475 246 forest
476 245 welcome
477 245 fault
478 245 tender
479 244 respect
480 243 laugh
481 242 iv
482 242 find
483 241 year
484 241 pale
485 240 shakespeare
486 238 paris
487 238 sister
488 237 wish
489 236 strumpet
490 235 deed
491 234 woe
492 234 seems
493 233 pity
494 233 mercutio
495 232 fell
496 232 taming
497 232 clothes
498 232 wood
499 231 knave
500 231 vile

Search counts

Last hour: 19 (0.3 per minute)

Last 24 hours: 1,387 (58 per hour)

Last 7 days: 18,731 (2,676 per day)

Last 30 days: 82,073 (2,736 per day)

All time: 548,606 (2,298 per day)

As of May 19, 2013 at 3:12 am (GMT-4). Search logging began on September 22, 2012, and has been running for 239 days.

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