Word Frequency Counter
Analyze text and count how many times each word appears. Sort by frequency or alphabetically.
About Word Frequency Counter
Paste any text to see the frequency of each word. Useful for keyword density analysis, content editing, and text research.
About this calculator
Paste a text and see how many times each word appears. Sort by frequency to find the words you overuse, or alphabetically to look up a word.
Writers use it to spot repetition, students to study a text, and SEO writers to see which terms dominate a page.
How to use it
- Paste your text.
- Press Analyze (by frequency) or Sort A-Z.
- Read the list of words and counts.
Method
The text is lower-cased, punctuation is removed, and the words are split on spaces and counted. Frequency lists place the most common words at the top. Percentage share is count ÷ total words × 100.
Worked example
the cat and the hat and the bat
| the | 3 |
| and | 2 |
| cat, hat, bat | 1 each |
| Total words | 8 |
Tips and common mistakes
- Look beyond 'the' and 'and': the interesting words appear a few times.
- If a keyword appears far more than synonyms, vary your vocabulary.
- Compare two drafts to see if wording changed.
- Short texts give noisy results.
- Combine with a keyword density check for SEO.
Frequently asked questions
What is word frequency analysis?
Counting how many times each word appears in a text.
Why exclude stop words?
Words such as the, and, of dominate every text and hide the meaningful words.
Is the count case-sensitive?
You can choose either.
What is it used for?
Finding keywords, checking repetition and studying style.
Does punctuation affect it?
Punctuation is stripped from the words.
How many words can I paste?
Thousands, since it runs in your browser.