61 pages of text in The Cat in the Hat and more than 1500 words, but it reportedly only uses 220 words. Well, I counted them and came up with 217 the first time, but I found some errors. The second time I came up with 235 and I have a lot more confidence in this number.
Then I tried combining the counts for plurals ("game" and "games") and for possessives ("mother" and "mother's") with the root word and came up with 221 -- much closer to the 220 word claim.
| Count Plurals and Possessives Separately |
Count Plurals and Possessives as Root Word |
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Vocabulary: 235 words
Length : 1557 words
word num freq word
1 32 a
2 3 about
3 1 after
4 14 all
5 1 always
6 69 and
7 2 another
8 1 any
9 4 are
10 9 as
11 1 asked
12 13 at
13 6 away
14 2 back
15 1 bad
16 5 ball
17 7 be
18 1 bed
19 1 bent
20 2 bet
21 5 big
22 3 bit
23 1 bite
24 1 book
25 3 books
26 1 bow
27 6 box
28 9 bump
29 1 bumps
30 9 but
31 4 cake
32 2 call
33 6 came
34 14 can
35 24 cat
36 3 cold
37 2 come
38 4 could
39 4 cup
40 4 day
41 2 dear
42 2 deep
43 10 did
44 2 dish
45 24 do
46 1 dots
47 9 down
48 2 fall
49 4 fan
50 5 fast
51 4 fear
52 2 fell
53 2 find
54 17 fish
55 2 fly
56 1 for
57 1 fox
58 1 from
59 7 fun
60 1 funny
61 5 game
62 1 games
63 1 gave
64 4 get
65 1 give
66 5 go
67 2 gone
68 9 good
69 3 gown
70 4 had
71 2 hall
72 1 hand
73 3 hands
74 1 has
75 13 hat
76 10 have
77 18 he
78 2 head
79 2 hear
80 6 her
81 7 here
82 1 high
83 3 him
84 3 his
85 1 hit
86 7 hold
87 1 home
88 3 hook
89 2 hop
90 1 hops
91 10 house
92 4 how
93 57 i
94 3 if
95 28 in
96 1 into
97 21 is
98 13 it
99 1 jump
100 1 jumps
101 1 kicks
102 1 kind
103 1 kinds
104 2 kite
105 3 kites
106 9 know
107 1 last
108 2 let
109 14 like
110 1 lit
111 6 little
112 16 look
113 2 looked
114 2 lot
115 1 lots
116 1 made
117 2 make
118 1 man
119 1 mat
120 6 me
121 3 mess
122 3 milk
123 1 mind
124 12 mother
125 1 mother's
126 8 my
127 1 near
128 4 net
129 4 new
130 13 no
131 39 not
132 1 nothing
133 9 now
134 15 of
135 13 oh
136 17 on
137 12 one
138 11 our
139 10 out
140 1 pack
141 1 pat
142 4 pick
143 1 picked
144 1 pink
145 6 play
146 1 playthings
147 2 plop
148 5 pot
149 3 put
150 3 rake
151 5 ran
152 3 red
153 1 rid
154 1 run
155 1 sad
156 35 said
157 6 sally
158 2 sank
159 4 sat
160 9 saw
161 5 say
162 2 see
163 2 shake
164 3 shame
165 6 she
166 1 shine
167 4 ship
168 3 shook
169 11 should
170 4 show
171 2 shut
172 5 sit
173 16 so
174 4 some
175 5 something
176 1 stand
177 1 step
178 1 stop
179 1 string
180 1 strings
181 2 sun
182 1 sunny
183 1 tail
184 2 take
185 1 tall
186 2 tame
187 4 tell
188 24 that
189 93 the
190 2 their
191 11 them
192 20 then
193 6 there
194 5 these
195 15 they
196 12 thing
197 18 things
198 1 think
199 15 this
200 5 those
201 2 thump
202 1 thumps
203 2 tip
204 31 to
205 4 too
206 2 top
207 4 toy
208 2 trick
209 3 tricks
210 15 two
211 17 up
212 6 us
213 2 wall
214 2 want
215 6 was
216 4 way
217 25 we
218 1 well
219 4 went
220 1 were
221 7 wet
222 14 what
223 3 when
224 1 white
225 1 who
226 2 why
227 21 will
228 2 wish
229 22 with
230 1 wood
231 3 would
232 1 yes
233 1 yet
234 32 you
235 8 your
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Vocabulary: 221 words
Length : 1557 words
word num freq word
1 32 a
2 3 about
3 1 after
4 14 all
5 1 always
6 69 and
7 2 another
8 1 any
9 4 are
10 9 as
11 1 asked
12 13 at
13 6 away
14 2 back
15 1 bad
16 5 ball
17 7 be
18 1 bed
19 1 bent
20 2 bet
21 5 big
22 3 bit
23 1 bite
24 4 book / books
25 1 bow
26 6 box
27 10 bump / bumps
28 9 but
29 4 cake
30 2 call
31 6 came
32 14 can
33 24 cat
34 3 cold
35 2 come
36 4 could
37 4 cup
38 4 day
39 2 dear
40 2 deep
41 10 did
42 2 dish
43 24 do
44 1 dots
45 9 down
46 2 fall
47 4 fan
48 5 fast
49 4 fear
50 2 fell
51 2 find
52 17 fish
53 2 fly
54 1 for
55 1 fox
56 1 from
57 7 fun
58 1 funny
59 6 game / games
60 1 gave
61 4 get
62 1 give
63 5 go
64 2 gone
65 9 good
66 3 gown
67 4 had
68 2 hall
69 4 hand / hands
70 1 has
71 13 hat
72 10 have
73 18 he
74 2 head
75 2 hear
76 6 her
77 7 here
78 1 high
79 3 him
80 3 his
81 1 hit
82 7 hold
83 1 home
84 3 hook
85 3 hop / hops
86 10 house
87 4 how
88 57 i
89 3 if
90 28 in
91 1 into
92 21 is
93 13 it
94 2 jump / jumps
95 1 kicks
96 2 kind / kinds
97 5 kite / kites
98 9 know
99 1 last
100 2 let
101 14 like
102 1 lit
103 6 little
104 16 look
105 2 looked
106 3 lot / lots
107 1 made
108 2 make
109 1 man
110 1 mat
111 6 me
112 3 mess
113 3 milk
114 1 mind
115 13 mother / mother's
116 8 my
117 1 near
118 4 net
119 4 new
120 13 no
121 39 not
122 1 nothing
123 9 now
124 15 of
125 13 oh
126 17 on
127 12 one
128 11 our
129 10 out
130 1 pack
131 1 pat
132 4 pick
133 1 picked
134 1 pink
135 6 play
136 1 playthings
137 2 plop
138 5 pot
139 3 put
140 3 rake
141 5 ran
142 3 red
143 1 rid
144 1 run
145 1 sad
146 35 said
147 6 sally
148 2 sank
149 4 sat
150 9 saw
151 5 say
152 2 see
153 2 shake
154 3 shame
155 6 she
156 1 shine
157 4 ship
158 3 shook
159 11 should
160 4 show
161 2 shut
162 5 sit
163 16 so
164 4 some
165 5 something
166 1 stand
167 1 step
168 1 stop
169 2 string / strings
170 2 sun
171 1 sunny
172 1 tail
173 2 take
174 1 tall
175 2 tame
176 4 tell
177 24 that
178 93 the
179 2 their
180 11 them
181 20 then
182 6 there
183 5 these
184 15 they
185 30 thing / things
186 1 think
187 15 this
188 5 those
189 3 thump / thumps
190 2 tip
191 31 to
192 4 too
193 2 top
194 4 toy
195 5 trick / tricks
196 15 two
197 17 up
198 6 us
199 2 wall
200 2 want
201 6 was
202 4 way
203 25 we
204 1 well
205 4 went
206 1 were
207 7 wet
208 14 what
209 3 when
210 1 white
211 1 who
212 2 why
213 21 will
214 2 wish
215 22 with
216 1 wood
217 3 would
218 1 yes
219 1 yet
220 32 you
221 8 your
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Page created 25 July 2002.
Page updated 7 March 2003.