Word & Character Frequency
Analyze how often each word and character appears in your text
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Total Words
24
Unique Words
161
Characters
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About the Word Frequency Counter
This word frequency counter ranks the words in a text by how often they appear, with counts and a bar chart. It surfaces the repetition you stop noticing in your own writing and gives a rough read on keyword density.
A word frequency counter shows what a text actually emphasises rather than what you think it does. Writers repeat favourite constructions without noticing, and seeing "solution" 34 times in 800 words is more persuasive than a vague sense that it recurs.
For SEO it gives a practical keyword density check. A target phrase appearing naturally a handful of times reads fine; the same phrase forced in twenty times reads as spam to both people and search engines, which have penalised that pattern for years.
Common function words — the, and, of — dominate any list, so read past them to the content words. Ranking the top terms is also a quick way to check whether a page is about what you intended.
How to use the Word Frequency Counter
- Paste your text. Enter the document or page copy to analyse.
- Read the ranking. See the most frequent words with their counts.
- Skip the function words. Look past the, and and of to the meaningful terms.
- Revise the repetition. Vary or cut the words appearing more than you intended.
Word Frequency Counter features
- Words ranked by how often they appear
- Adjustable number of top terms shown
- Bar chart of the ranking
- Character frequency alongside word frequency
- Case and punctuation normalised before counting
- Runs in your browser; the text is not uploaded
Frequently asked questions
How are words normalised before counting?
Text is lowercased and punctuation is stripped, except apostrophes and hyphens so that don't and well-known stay intact. So Solution, solution and solution. all count as the same word.
Why do the, and and of dominate the list?
Because function words are the most common words in any English text and nothing is filtered out. Read past them to the content words, which are the ones that tell you what the text emphasises.
Can I use this to check keyword density?
Yes, as a rough read. A target phrase appearing naturally a handful of times is fine; the same phrase forced in twenty times reads as spam to both people and search engines. Note that ranking counts single words, so a multi-word phrase appears as its parts.
Why would I check my own writing this way?
Because writers repeat favourite constructions without noticing. Seeing a word 34 times in 800 words is more persuasive than a vague sense that it recurs, and it makes the edit obvious.
How many terms are shown?
The top slice of the ranking, and the number is adjustable. Raise it when you want the long tail, lower it when you only care about what dominates.