>>> inner = (combFreq, leastTwo)
>>> inner
(2, ((1, 'b'), (1, 'd')))
>>> theRest[1]
(2, 'c')
>>> theRest[1] < inner
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'str' and 'tuple'