28-06-2026, 05:29 PM
I don't have any statistical research of my own, but that hasn't stopped me from replacing the ch/sh and k/t pairs. Interestingly, they seem to be interchangeable in many words.
Most words with ch have an equivalent with sh:
chedy(501) - shedy(427)
chey(344) - shey(283)
cheody(89) - sheody(50)
chckhy(140)-shckhy(60)
chdar(20)-shdar(9)
chodaiin(44) - shodaiin(23)
With the exception of chckhy and chdar, you can see that the frequency of sh words is slightly lower than that of ch words, but the difference is quite small.
The situation is similar with k/t:
kedy(44) - tedy(42)
okedy(118) - otedy(115)
okey(64) - otey(57)
okeody(37) - oteody(39)
okeos(14) - oteos(29)
okeor(22) - oteor(12)
The difference is also insignificant, sometimes only a few units.
The reason for this pattern is partly positional equality (the symbols are in the same position), but then the question is what caused it.
By the way, there is no such pattern between f and p, and these letters do not have words that can be compared (well, or I didn't find them).
What do you think?
Most words with ch have an equivalent with sh:
chedy(501) - shedy(427)
chey(344) - shey(283)
cheody(89) - sheody(50)
chckhy(140)-shckhy(60)
chdar(20)-shdar(9)
chodaiin(44) - shodaiin(23)
With the exception of chckhy and chdar, you can see that the frequency of sh words is slightly lower than that of ch words, but the difference is quite small.
The situation is similar with k/t:
kedy(44) - tedy(42)
okedy(118) - otedy(115)
okey(64) - otey(57)
okeody(37) - oteody(39)
okeos(14) - oteos(29)
okeor(22) - oteor(12)
The difference is also insignificant, sometimes only a few units.
The reason for this pattern is partly positional equality (the symbols are in the same position), but then the question is what caused it.
By the way, there is no such pattern between f and p, and these letters do not have words that can be compared (well, or I didn't find them).
What do you think?
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