Word Frequency Counter

How to count word frequency

1. Paste or type your text into the box above.
2. The total word count and unique word count update instantly in the cards.
3. Below them, a ranked table shows your top 25 words with how many times each appears and its share of the text.
4. Toggle “Ignore common words” to hide filler words like the, and and to so your real keywords stand out.
5. Hit Copy table to grab the ranking as tab-separated text you can paste into a spreadsheet.

What a word frequency count is good for

A word frequency analysis tells you which terms dominate a piece of writing. Writers and editors use it to catch words they lean on too heavily and to vary their language. Students check that an essay actually focuses on the right themes. SEO and content marketers measure keyword usage and density to make sure a page is clearly about its target topic without keyword-stuffing. Researchers and language learners use it to spot the most important vocabulary in a passage. Because the count is live, you can edit your text and watch the ranking shift in real time.

How the counting works

Before counting, every word is lowercased and punctuation is stripped, so“Time,”, “time” and “TIME” are treated as the same word. Apostrophes inside a word (as in it’s or don’t) and digits are kept, while commas, periods, quotes and other symbols are removed. Words are then ranked by count, with ties broken alphabetically. The share percentage shows each word as a portion of the words being counted, which is handy for gauging keyword density at a glance.

Is it private?

Yes — completely. Unlike many online analyzers, nothing you paste is ever uploaded. All of the counting runs inside your browser with plain JavaScript, so your draft, essay or confidential documentnever leaves your device. You can even use the tool offline once the page has loaded.

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