Most common syllables of US

Answer 1

1. ing
2. er
3. a
4. ly
5. ed
6. i
7. es
8. re
9. tion
10. in
11. e
12. con
13. y
14. ter
15. ex
16. al
17. de
18. com
19. o
20. di
21. en
22. an
23. ty
24. ry
25. u

This is from Bleivns, W. (2001) "Teaching Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades" New York: Scholastic, p. 126. The 175 most common syllables in the 5,000 most frequent English words. Noticeably missing from the list is the monosyllabic word "the" - which I would think would be number 2 or close.