Yes, some originally feminine nouns are more likely to be used as such than the others, in moderate Bokmål. In ''radical'' Bokmål all nouns that can be ''feminized'' are normally used as female nouns, to reflect its feminine gender nature shared with Nynorsk. In conservative Bokmål/Riksmål only a handful or nouns (like jente, or hytte) can be ''feminized''. All others are obligatory masculine. Let's take a look at the way some common nouns are used on the web versions of two Norwegian national daily newspapers, Dagbladet and Dagsavisen. Both newspapers are known for its style, falling something between the ''radical'', and the moderate Bokmål (depending on the journalist who writes a particular article). Google advanced search has been used for the data. Relative frequencies have been calculated in MS Access. The nouns used for testing are the nouns used in Teach yourself Norwegian (2004), which can be feminine, according to Bokmålsordboka (the official/normative Bokmål dictionary, covering all subvariants of Bokmål: ''radical'', moderate, and conservative). For example, there were 4710 occurrences of jenta at the site:dagsavisen.no, and 18 occurrences of jenten. The relative frequency of jenta being used as the definite form of jente, is, therefore, 99.6%. Relative frequencies of definite feminine forms are shown in percentages, before the noun; a lone hyphen (-) indicates that there were no occurrences at all, either in -a, or in -en. T indicates the noun has been difficult to access, because the -en form is a very frequent toponym (Skien).
The frequency of TYN (2004) female nouns used as female nouns in the definite form (-a), on dagsavisen.no:
1. 100-moroa
= fun
2. 100-trusa
= pants
3. 100-søstra
= sister
4. 100-tåa
= toe
5. 100-strømpebuksa
= tights
6. 100-nista
= packet meal
7. 100-dørklokka
= doorbell
8. 100-bløtkaka
= gateau, cake
9. 100-reka
= prawn
10. 99.6-jenta
= girl
11. 98.7-kona
= wife
12. 98.1-buksa
= trousers
13. 97.8-kaka
= cake
14. 95.3-hytta
= cotage
15. 95.0-stua
= living room
16. 94.1-silda
= herring
17. 93.3-pølsa
= sausage
18. 87.5-brygga
= quay, jetty
19. 86.8-natta
= night
20. 85.8-gata
= street
21. 85.7-underbuksa
= underpants
22. 81.5-skuldra
= shoulder
23. 76.9-bøtta
= bucket
24. 75.4-ferja
= ferry
25. 75.0-trøya
= vest
26. 75.0-skjorta
= shirt
27. 72.4-jakka
= coat/jacket
28. 69.2-tanta
= aunt
29. 68.0-senga
= bed
30. 63.4-døra
= door
31. 61.5-bokhylla
= bookshelf
32. 58.0-klokka
= clock
33.
54.1-dama = lady
34.
53.8 lampa = lamp
35.
51.7-nesa = nose
36.
50.0-tåra = tear
37.
50.0-bleia = nappy, diaper
38.
48.6-lista = list
39. 48.0-brua
= bridge
40. 46.9-sola
= sun
41. 46.2-flaska
= bottle
42. 46.1-
jula = Christmas
43. 46.0-boka
= book
44. 45.8-matpakka
= packet meal
45. 45.0-ulla
= wool
46. 43.3-melka
= milk
47. 40.2-uka
= week
48. 40.0-sykesenga
= hospital bed
49. 38.0-krona
= unite of Norwegian currency
50. 37.9-jorda
= earth
51. 33.0-badstua
= sauna
52. 30.5-hånda
= hand
53. 30.3-årstida
= season
54. 29.5-mora
= mother
55. 29.4-lufta
= air
56. 27.3-fartsgrensa
= speed limit
57. 26.8-befolkninga
= population
58.
26.7-adressa = address
59.
25.7-avisa = newspaper
60.
24.4-framtida = future
61. 20.3-venninna
= female friend
62. 18.4-tida
= time
63. 18.2-åpningstida
= opening time
64. 17.2-dronninga
= queen
65. 16.8-sida
= site
66. 16.7-skjea
= spoon
67. 10.13-kirka
= church
68. 09.6-regninga
= bill
69. 07.5-hjelpa
= help
70. 07.0-hovedgata
= main street
71. 06.9-synda
= pity
72. 04.2-katta
= cat
73. 03.7-fritida
= leisure
74. 01.4-påska
= Easter
75. 01.2-historia
= history, story
76. 00.6-erfaringa
= experience
77. 00.4-plikta
= duty
78. 0.28-ulykka
= accident
79. 0.07
leiligheta = flat
80. 0.03-stripa
= stripe
81. 00.2-årsaka
= reason
82. 00.1-ordlista
= word list
00.0-utstillinga
= exhibition
00.0-utsikta =
view
00.0-strømpa =
stocking
00.0-safta =
juice
00.0-poteta =
potato
00.0-pilla =
pille
00.0-niesa =
niece
00.0-muligheta =
possibility
00.0-kvitteringa
= receipt
00.0-kusina =
female cousin
00.0-kåpa =
overcoat
00.0-julinga =
beating, hiding
00.0-hodepina =
headache
00.0-grønnsaka =
vegetable
00.0-gardina =
curtain
00.0-frukta =
(kind of) fruit
00.0-forretninga
= business
00.0-festninga =
castle
00.0-farmora =
grandmother
00.0-eska = box
00.0-eggerøra =
scrambled eggs
00.0-bygninga =
building
00.0-bomulla =
cotton
00.0-blusa =
blouse
- skoletida = school time
- parafinlampa = parrafin lamp
- molta = cloudberry
- midnatta = midnight
- lua = cap
- lammeulla = lambswool
- lammesteka = rost lamb
- kirkeklokka = church bell
- julekaka = Christmas cake
- hostesafta = cough medicine/syrup
- eplesafta = apple juice
T skia = ski
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