Python - speed comparison of dictionary filling

gistfile1.py

from collections import defaultdict

def defdic(words):
    freq = defaultdict(int)
    for word in words:
        freq[word] += 1

    return dict(freq)


def clasic(words):
    freq = {}
    for word in words:
        if word in freq:
            freq[word] += 1
        else:
            freq[word] = 1

    return freq

def clasic_try(words):
    freq = {}
    for word in words:
        try:
            freq[word] += 1
        except KeyError:
            freq[word] = 1

    return freq    


def dictget_loc(words):
    freq = {}
    myget = freq.get
    for word in words:
        freq[word] = myget(word, 0) + 1

    return freq


def dictget(words):
    freq = {}
    for word in words:
        freq[word] = freq.get(word, 0) + 1

    return freq


def time_function(fname, param, rep=100):
    print(fname)
    call_name = "{}({})".format(fname, param)
    setup_name = "from __main__ import {}".format(fname)
    print("{} calls of function {} took {} seconds".format(
        rep, fname, timeit.timeit(call_name, setup=setup_name, number=rep)))


def get_data():
    import re
    interpunkce = re.compile(r'[.,?;"!:]')

    with open('data/txt/les_miserables.txt') as source:
        text = source.read()
        text = interpunkce.sub(' ', text)
        text = text.lower()
        words = text.split()

        return words


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import timeit

    DATA = get_data()

    time_function('defdic', DATA)
    time_function('clasic', DATA)
    time_function('clasic_try', DATA)
    time_function('dictget', DATA)
    time_function('dictget_loc', DATA)