Count how often each word appears and rank the most used.
Counted locally in your browser.
How do you count word frequency in text?
Words are split on spaces and punctuation, optionally lower-cased, then counted and ranked from most to least frequent, with each word's share of the total shown as a percentage. For example, in "The cat sat. The cat ran." the word "the" appears most often. This helps spot over-used words and gauge keyword density for SEO.
Understanding your result
Frequency analysis helps spot over-used words and gauge keyword density for SEO.
Formula and method
Words are split on spaces and punctuation, optionally lower-cased, then counted and ranked from most to least frequent.
Assumptions and limitations
Words are split on spaces and punctuation and counted as surface forms, so it does not group different tenses or plurals of the same root, nor distinguish meaning. Hyphenated or apostrophised words may be handled unexpectedly, and case folding is optional, which affects whether capitalised variants are counted separately.
Worked example
In “The cat sat. The cat ran.” the word “the” appears most often.
How to use this tool
- Paste your text.
- Choose whether to ignore case.
- Read the ranked list of words.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Forgetting that ignore-case merges “The” and “the” into one count.
About the Word Frequency Counter
Find out which words appear most often in your text. The counter ranks every word by frequency and shows its share of the total.
Who should use this tool
Writers, SEO specialists and students checking word density and repetition.
Benefits
- Every word is ranked by frequency, revealing your most repeated terms at a glance.
- Each word's share of the total helps you gauge keyword density for SEO.
- An optional lower-case mode merges capitalised and lower-case forms for a truer count.
- Analysis runs in your browser, so your text is never uploaded.
Practical use cases
- Spotting over-used words so you can vary your wording before publishing.
- Checking how prominent a target keyword is within an article for SEO.
- Summarising the main themes of a long document by its most frequent terms.
- Comparing drafts to see how word usage shifts between versions.
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Frequently asked questions
Does it count unique words?
Yes — the headline shows unique words out of the total word count.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser.
Does capitalisation affect how words are counted?
It depends on the lower-case option. With it on, capitalised and lower-case forms of the same word are merged into one count, which usually reflects usage more accurately. With it off, a word at the start of a sentence is counted separately from the same word in lower case.