Number in the list. So the first item in the list occurs roughly twice as often as the second item and roughly 9 times as often as the ninth item. Disclaimer:

Number in the list. So the first item in the list occurs roughly twice as often as the second item and roughly 9 times as often as the ninth item. Disclaimer: I'm not an expert, I looked at the Wikipedia page in response to this story. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf's_law