diff --git a/scripts/_printers.js b/scripts/_printers.js
index d8ca1471..ecf1fef6 100644
--- a/scripts/_printers.js
+++ b/scripts/_printers.js
@@ -3,5 +3,11 @@ exports.print = function(str) {
 };
 
 exports.printError = function(str) {
-	process.stderr.write(`${str}\n`);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+	process.stderr.write(`${str instanceof Error ? str.stack : str}\n`);
+};
+
+exports.printWordsWithFrequencies = function(words) {
+	if (Array.isArray(words)) {
+		words.forEach(w => exports.print(`${w.word}${w.frequency ? '\t' + w.frequency : ''}`));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/scripts/normalize-frequencies.js b/scripts/normalize-frequencies.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3b47d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/normalize-frequencies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+const { basename } = require('path');
+const { createReadStream, existsSync } = require('fs');
+const { createInterface } = require('readline');
+const { print, printError, printWordsWithFrequencies } = require('./_printers.js');
+
+
+function printHelp() {
+	print(`Usage ${basename(process.argv[1])} WORD-LIST.txt`);
+	print('Normalizes dictionary frequencies up to 255.');
+}
+
+
+
+function validateInput() {
+	if (process.argv.length < 3) {
+		printHelp();
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (!existsSync(process.argv[2])) {
+		printError(`Failure! Could not find word list file "${process.argv[3]}".`);
+		process.exit(2);
+	}
+
+	return {
+		fileName: process.argv[2],
+		maxAllowedFrequency: 255
+	};
+}
+
+
+async function normalize({ fileName, maxAllowedFrequency }) {
+	const words = [];
+
+	if (!fileName) {
+		return words;
+	}
+
+	let maxWordFrequency = 0;
+
+	for await (const line of createInterface({ input: createReadStream(fileName) })) {
+		let [word, frequency] = line.split("\t");
+
+		frequency = Number.isNaN(Number.parseInt(frequency)) ? 0 : Number.parseInt(frequency)
+		maxWordFrequency = Math.max(maxWordFrequency, frequency);
+
+		words.push({word, frequency});
+	}
+
+	const normalizationRatio = maxAllowedFrequency / maxWordFrequency;
+
+	for (word of words) {
+		word.frequency = Math.ceil(word.frequency * normalizationRatio);
+	}
+
+	return words;
+}
+
+
+/** main **/
+normalize(validateInput())
+	.then(words => printWordsWithFrequencies(words))
+	.catch(e => printError(e));
diff --git a/scripts/sort-dictionary.js b/scripts/sort-dictionary.js
index 158f9b17..71f25c04 100644
--- a/scripts/sort-dictionary.js
+++ b/scripts/sort-dictionary.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const { basename } = require('path');
 const { createReadStream, existsSync } = require('fs');
 const { createInterface } = require('readline');
-const { print, printError } = require('./_printers.js');
+const { print, printError, printWordsWithFrequencies } = require('./_printers.js');
 
 
 function printHelp() {
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ function validateInput() {
 }
 
 
-function printWords(wordList) {
-	if (Array.isArray(wordList)) {
-		wordList.forEach(w => print(`${w.word}${w.frequency ? '\t' + w.frequency : ''}`));
-	}
-}
-
-
 async function readWords(fileName) {
 	const words = [];
 
@@ -51,9 +44,9 @@ async function readWords(fileName) {
 
 	for await (const line of createInterface({ input: createReadStream(fileName) })) {
 		const [word, frequency] = line.split("\t");
-		words.push({ 
-			word, 
-			frequency: Number.isNaN(Number.parseInt(frequency)) ? 0 : Number.parseInt(frequency) 
+		words.push({
+			word,
+			frequency: Number.isNaN(Number.parseInt(frequency)) ? 0 : Number.parseInt(frequency)
 		});
 	}
 
@@ -122,5 +115,5 @@ async function work({ definitionFile, wordsFile, locale }) {
 
 /** main **/
 work(validateInput())
-	.then(words => printWords(words))
-	.catch(e => printError(e));
\ No newline at end of file
+	.then(words => printWordsWithFrequencies(words))
+	.catch(e => printError(e));