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Every why hath a wherefore.

      — The Comedy of Errors, Act II Scene 2

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# Count Keyword
1 9,858 love
2 6,945 I
3 6,139 blood
4 4,637 is
5 4,311 hate
6 3,916 be
7 3,726 you
8 3,707 night
9 3,466 my
10 3,430 death
11 3,051 sleep
12 2,964 time
13 2,709 man
14 2,678 me
15 2,485 honour
16 2,401 that
17 2,291 dream
18 2,077 it
19 2,076 nature
20 2,071 what
21 1,953 honest
22 1,927 fool
23 1,916 heart
24 1,908 king
25 1,879 romeo
26 1,840 loved
27 1,835 nothing
28 1,820 thou
29 1,720 light
30 1,677 hand
31 1,667 this
32 1,666 all
33 1,659 heaven
34 1,648 macbeth
35 1,619 have
36 1,586 god
37 1,554 as
38 1,550 fear
39 1,546 mad
40 1,535 hamlet
41 1,530 will
42 1,499 eye
43 1,485 see
44 1,474 your
45 1,448 do
46 1,448 with
47 1,395 no
48 1,360 moon
49 1,333 juliet
50 1,324 good
51 1,317 eyes
52 1,267 moor
53 1,266 am
54 1,257 he
55 1,248 black
56 1,241 sun
57 1,235 father
58 1,234 revenge
59 1,222 o
60 1,207 devil
61 1,204 play
62 1,194 life
63 1,188 wine
64 1,185 art
65 1,184 are
66 1,135 fair
67 1,085 stars
68 1,079 day
69 1,054 if
70 1,054 thy
71 1,044 more
72 1,044 madness
73 1,042 come
74 1,042 we
75 1,021 act
76 1,012 music
77 1,007 his
78 1,007 words
79 1,003 hell
80 1,003 like
81 993 dark
82 986 so
83 981 virgin
84 970 lord
85 966 world
86 949 die
87 947 soul
88 911 evil
89 907 war
90 905 truth
91 898 othello
92 896 caesar
93 890 shall
94 889 power
95 876 thee
96 873 fortune
97 861 name
98 861 lines
99 856 lady
100 855 mother
101 851 now
102 850 fate
103 848 how
104 840 sight
105 833 faith
106 828 ear
107 821 by
108 821 crown
109 809 justice
110 798 sweet
111 790 1
112 789 poison
113 782 stage
114 782 fire
115 779 beauty
116 778 friend
117 772 star
118 769 dog
119 766 her
120 761 noble
121 761 woman
122 761 marriage
123 749 let
124 747 foul
125 746 know
126 734 on
127 731 tongue
128 728 speak
129 727 true
130 725 bond
131 722 monster
132 721 him
133 715 water
134 713 our
135 708 one
136 692 horse
137 683 gold
138 682 was
139 682 bear
140 676 word
141 670 who
142 669 when
143 666 dead
144 661 done
145 653 wit
146 649 lie
147 647 peace
148 646 out
149 646 murder
150 643 henry
151 641 dagger
152 641 honor
153 638 rose
154 638 darkness
155 636 bloody
156 634 well
157 630 dreams
158 623 look
159 619 men
160 615 book
161 613 hear
162 608 too
163 605 earth
164 604 sin
165 603 villain
166 598 ghost
167 595 bootless
168 590 ass
169 589 kill
170 589 old
171 586 white
172 585 flower
173 582 ambition
174 581 virtue
175 577 sea
176 577 she
177 575 go
178 575 brave
179 574 wind
180 574 lear
181 572 grace
182 571 much
183 570 spirit
184 566 shadow
185 565 there
186 564 hath
187 559 from
188 559 prince
189 557 blind
190 553 face
191 545 hands
192 545 reason
193 541 mind
194 535 say
195 535 virginity
196 534 son
197 530 daughter
198 530 scene
199 530 silence
200 529 give
201 528 live
202 528 whore
203 527 false
204 523 women
205 521 end
206 521 thing
207 518 friar
208 517 sword
209 516 hope
210 511 wife
211 510 why
212 506 jew
213 506 passion
214 503 tempest
215 500 gentle
216 497 would
217 495 never
218 494 here
219 494 joy
220 491 trust
221 491 child
222 489 may
223 486 two
224 485 queen
225 485 marry
226 484 ill
227 484 must
228 484 which
229 483 beast
230 474 lovest
231 472 mercy
232 472 julius
233 471 slave
234 469 snow
235 469 make
236 467 birth
237 467 own
238 460 speech
239 460 measure
240 460 part
241 459 disease
242 456 where
243 453 sir
244 453 friends
245 452 money
246 452 ring
247 451 remember
248 451 doth
249 446 law
250 445 garden
251 445 honesty
252 442 brutus
253 442 strange
254 441 winter
255 440 they
256 440 rain
257 439 letter
258 438 head
259 438 conscience
260 437 sick
261 436 desire
262 433 take
263 432 handkerchief
264 431 did
265 431 self
266 430 think
267 429 speeches
268 429 bird
269 428 great
270 427 at
271 427 hero
272 426 grave
273 426 jealousy
274 425 shrew
275 424 home
276 422 body
277 421 flesh
278 420 wound
279 418 revel
280 418 memory
281 417 doubt
282 417 than
283 416 serpent
284 415 rogue
285 414 ophelia
286 414 sorrow
287 412 air
288 412 brother
289 411 upon
290 410 friendship
291 409 fish
292 407 can
293 407 drink
294 405 duty
295 405 courage
296 404 their
297 404 ears
298 403 melancholy
299 400 capulet
300 400 witch
301 399 kind
302 398 jealous
303 396 lion
304 396 iago
305 395 food
306 395 eat
307 395 age
308 394 thanks
309 394 mine
310 392 farewell
311 391 should
312 390 pray
313 389 up
314 389 work
315 388 green
316 386 lost
317 384 kiss
318 383 most
319 382 storm
320 379 born
321 378 grief
322 376 tale
323 375 richard
324 375 thought
325 375 such
326 375 happy
327 375 poor
328 374 breath
329 371 tomorrow
330 370 cat
331 370 dance
332 369 bed
333 369 master
334 368 about
335 367 drunk
336 363 question
337 360 wisdom
338 360 house
339 358 quotes
340 356 tears
341 355 cold
342 353 success
343 353 better
344 352 soft
345 351 pain
346 350 natural
347 349 yet
348 349 seem
349 349 little
350 349 dear
351 348 us
352 348 red
353 347 then
354 347 voice
355 346 tyrant
356 346 merry
357 346 midsummer
358 346 double
359 344 lips
360 344 made
361 343 nurse
362 342 patience
363 342 were
364 341 glass
365 340 husband
366 339 angel
367 339 tybalt
368 337 show
369 335 young
370 335 magic
371 334 ever
372 334 unnatural
373 333 base
374 330 cannot
375 330 these
376 330 creature
377 329 three
378 329 flowers
379 327 plague
380 327 has
381 326 some
382 326 stone
383 325 rest
384 324 read
385 321 fight
386 321 freedom
387 318 had
388 317 very
389 317 england
390 317 destiny
391 314 song
392 314 leave
393 313 tree
394 312 venice
395 311 cuckold
396 311 rank
397 311 common
398 308 change
399 307 cupid
400 306 feast
401 306 envy
402 305 tell
403 305 mark
404 305 myself
405 304 humour
406 304 does
407 301 shame
408 300 snake
409 300 new
410 299 many
411 299 bound
412 299 boot
413 298 thine
414 298 reputation
415 296 sport
416 296 still
417 296 merchant
418 296 right
419 295 bastard
420 295 gods
421 294 spring
422 294 free
423 294 children
424 294 2
425 291 oh
426 291 order
427 290 curse
428 289 betray
429 287 crave
430 286 rotten
431 286 wise
432 284 weather
433 284 secret
434 283 march
435 283 v
436 281 forgive
437 281 ocean
438 281 sex
439 278 dust
440 277 away
441 277 worm
442 276 imagination
443 275 mistress
444 275 owl
445 274 milk
446 274 ado
447 272 language
448 272 call
449 271 mirror
450 271 place
451 270 montague
452 270 sing
453 270 matter
454 268 twelfth
455 267 story
456 266 fly
457 265 hair
458 265 cry
459 264 lies
460 264 antony
461 264 land
462 262 fashion
463 262 wanton
464 262 write
465 262 fault
466 261 guilt
467 261 tear
468 260 knowledge
469 259 laugh
470 258 thank
471 257 tender
472 257 desdemona
473 256 revels
474 255 chance
475 255 wolf
476 254 youth
477 252 battle
478 250 respect
479 250 forest
480 250 horatio
481 248 woe
482 247 paris
483 247 welcome
484 246 iv
485 245 shakespeare
486 245 find
487 244 pale
488 244 wish
489 243 seems
490 243 year
491 242 sister
492 242 deed
493 241 mercutio
494 240 clothes
495 240 strumpet
496 238 taming
497 236 fell
498 235 pity
499 233 weeds
500 233 wood

Search counts

Last hour: 87 (1.5 per minute)

Last 24 hours: 3,632 (151 per hour)

Last 7 days: 19,394 (2,771 per day)

Last 30 days: 86,659 (2,889 per day)

All time: 561,110 (2,315 per day)

As of May 22, 2013 at 6:47 pm (GMT-4). Search logging began on September 22, 2012, and has been running for 242 days.

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