"Words used" refers to the actual words that are repeated throughout the story.

In the example above:

I went to the store to buy some cookies.

the total number of words used is 8 ( the word "to" is repeated and counted only once.)

 

Below is a list of the individual words used in the story.
The number to the right of each word indicates how many times that word appears in the text.

 

PAT’S CAT  WORD LIST  AND FREQUENCY

 

1. a         8                                                         
2. all       8                                                        
3. and    15  
4. at       24
5. ball     10
6. bit       4
7. came  4
8. cat, cat’s  7
9. chapter    6
10. day          7
11. did          4
12. fun          6
13. home     10
14. I              4
15. is           7
16. it            11
17. just        5
18. Kit          41
19. Kitter .....4
20. like,  likes  10 
21. look, looked 5
22. mat  4
23. meow 8
24. not      23
25. now    6
26. on        11
27. one.......4
28. Pat, Pat’s    43
29. play,pplays,  played 10
30. sad  11
31. said  9
32. same 4
33. sat   5
34. school  10
35. sit,  sits 7
36. so  5
37. the 14
38. to  6
39. today 7
40. too  3
41. was   25
42. when 10
43. with 9

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