According to multiple sources, the most common letter in the English language is the letter E. E appears in approximately 11% of all words in the common English vocabulary, about 6,000 more words than the runner-up letter, A. The frequency of E is likely due to the fact that it appears in the word "the," the many plurals that end in -es, and in commonly used pronouns such as he, she, me, we, and they. Vowels are generally more common than consonants, with A, E, I, and O often appearing immediately in the top five most common letters.