Word Frequency Counter
Count how often each word appears and find the most used words in any text.
About this tool
Splits the text into words, ignores capital letters and punctuation, and counts each word. You can leave out about 150 very common English words so the words that matter stand out. The percentage is each word’s share of all the words in the text. Nothing leaves your browser.
A word frequency counter shows which words you use most. Writers use it to spot repeated words, students to check an essay for overused phrases, and website owners to see which keywords a page really focuses on. Paste any text to get a ranked list of words with their counts and percentages, the total number of words and how many different words you used.
How to use the Word Frequency Counter
- Paste or type your text into the box.
- Choose whether to skip common words such as the, and and of.
- Set a minimum word length if you want to ignore short words.
- Read the ranked list and copy it if you need it.
Counting a short passage
The sample text, The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The dog sleeps, and the fox runs off into the woods, has 20 words. Counting every word, the comes top with 5 uses, or 25% of the text. Skipping common words, fox and dog tie for first place with 2 uses each, which shows what the passage is really about.
Word frequency and keyword density
Keyword density is the number of times a word appears divided by the total number of words, shown here as a percentage. It is a quick way to see whether a piece of writing stays on topic or leans too heavily on one word. Search engines no longer reward pages for repeating a keyword, and stuffing the same word into every sentence makes text harder to read, so use the list to find repetition to trim rather than a target to hit. Common words such as the, of and to make up a large part of any English text, which is why the counter can skip them. Words are matched exactly after ignoring capitals, so run and running are counted separately.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a word?
Any run of letters or numbers. Apostrophes inside words are kept, so don’t is one word. Punctuation and capital letters are ignored.
Why are words like the and and missing?
Common words are skipped by default so the meaningful words stand out. Choose Count them to include every word.
What is a good keyword density?
There is no magic number. Write naturally for readers; if one word takes up more than a few percent of a long text, it may sound repetitive.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The counting happens in your browser and the text never leaves your device.