The following table shows the words Obama used at least five times in his speech in Cairo (text, video) last week:
| the | 288 | one | 19 | know | 11 | every | 8 | end | 6 | conflict | 5 |
| and | 233 | peace | 19 | live | 11 | faith | 8 | fear | 6 | dignity | 5 |
| to | 199 | So | 19 | only | 11 | issue | 8 | Holy | 6 | effort | 5 |
| of | 189 | There | 19 | progress | 11 | Just | 8 | how | 6 | equal | 5 |
| in | 134 | Islam | 18 | should | 11 | Much | 8 | interest | 6 | first | 5 |
| that | 134 | Muslim | 18 | Together | 11 | recognize | 8 | Israel | 6 | freedom | 5 |
| is | 111 | No | 18 | upon | 11 | religion | 8 | Israel’s | 6 | governments | 5 |
| a | 104 | States | 18 | am | 10 | share | 8 | killed | 6 | hold | 5 |
| We | 95 | who | 18 | human | 10 | them | 8 | made | 6 | important | 5 |
| our | 65 | from | 17 | if | 10 | were | 8 | me | 6 | Indeed | 5 |
| For | 59 | my | 17 | Iraq | 10 | any | 7 | Muslim-majority | 6 | interests | 5 |
| It | 59 | also | 16 | nuclear | 10 | cannot | 7 | now | 6 | Iran | 5 |
| be | 57 | countries | 16 | own | 10 | choose | 7 | past | 6 | Islamic | 5 |
| I | 55 | or | 16 | Palestinian | 10 | each | 7 | point | 6 | isn’t | 5 |
| have | 47 | what | 16 | Palestinians | 10 | government | 7 | religious | 6 | Jews | 5 |
| are | 46 | an | 15 | Part | 10 | let | 7 | responsibility | 6 | life | 5 |
| people | 44 | United | 15 | power | 10 | nation | 7 | right | 6 | Make | 5 |
| will | 42 | been | 14 | those | 10 | need | 7 | security | 6 | men | 5 |
| as | 41 | communities | 14 | violence | 10 | never | 7 | support | 6 | out | 5 |
| not | 40 | country | 14 | where | 10 | peaceful | 7 | things | 6 | pursue | 5 |
| This | 37 | its | 14 | women | 10 | respect | 7 | today | 6 | responsibilities | 5 |
| all | 36 | new | 14 | clear | 9 | same | 7 | too | 6 | say | 5 |
| with | 36 | than | 14 | extremists | 9 | tension | 7 | troops | 6 | see | 5 |
| but | 35 | these | 14 | help | 9 | through | 7 | Violent | 6 | state | 5 |
| must | 32 | why | 14 | history | 9 | truth | 7 | which | 6 | story | 5 |
| can | 31 | at | 13 | Israelis | 9 | against | 6 | within | 6 | tolerance | 5 |
| has | 27 | between | 13 | other | 9 | based | 6 | work | 6 | War | 5 |
| world | 27 | do | 12 | over | 9 | beginning | 6 | address | 5 | weapons | 5 |
| on | 26 | More | 12 | seek | 9 | believe | 6 | Afghanistan | 5 | West | 5 |
| America | 25 | nations | 12 | time | 9 | bring | 6 | another | 5 | whether | 5 |
| by | 25 | rights | 12 | years | 9 | come | 6 | aspirations | 5 | while | 5 |
| their | 23 | some | 12 | about | 8 | common | 6 | Because | 5 | without | 5 |
| us | 23 | was | 12 | America’s | 8 | denied | 6 | beings | 5 | young | 5 |
| many | 22 | when | 12 | American | 8 | develop | 6 | brought | 5 | your | 5 |
| they | 21 | you | 12 | children | 8 | development | 6 | centuries | 5 | ||
| Muslims | 19 | around | 11 | does | 8 | education | 6 | change | 5 |
Here is a word cloud for his speech (click on the image to see the original):
To study his word usage more closely, copy and paste the text of his speech into the first box on the Wordle – Create page. Click on Go. Then click on Language in the tool bar and on Show Word Counts at the bottom of the pop-up menu. It’s possible to copy and paste the word-frequency table into a Word document to study it more closely.
