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Word Frequency Counter

See how many times each word appears in your text, sorted by count.

  • Free
  • Real-time
  • Runs locally
Counts as you type
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Total words

0

Unique words

0

Top word

–

Used once

0

Word frequency

0 words

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Enter some text to see how often each word appears.

Exports include every word in the current view (search and sort applied).

Paste any text and get a ranked list of every word in it with how many times it appears and what share of the text it makes up. It is a quick way to spot words you overuse in an essay, check the vocabulary of a document, or prepare a word list for study.

Counting follows the same word rules as our Word Counter: punctuation and emoji are ignored, contractions and hyphenated words stay whole, and accented letters are handled correctly. You can search the list, sort it alphabetically and export it as CSV for a spreadsheet. Your text stays in your browser.

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How to count word frequency

  1. STEP 01

    Paste your text

    Type or paste an article, essay, transcript or any other text. Long documents are fine.

  2. STEP 02

    Adjust the options

    Choose whether case matters, whether to include numbers, and a minimum word length to skip short words.

  3. STEP 03

    Explore and export

    Search or sort the list, then copy it as plain text or CSV, or download a CSV file.

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Features

  • Ranked word list

    Every word with its count, percentage and a bar showing how it compares to the most frequent word.

  • Smart word matching

    “Don't” and “don’t” are the same word, as are accented letters typed in different ways.

  • Case and number options

    Merge “The” and “the” or keep them apart, and include or skip numbers.

  • Minimum length filter

    Hide short words like “a” or “of” by requiring two, three or more characters.

  • Search and sort

    Find a specific word instantly or switch between most frequent first and alphabetical order.

  • CSV export

    Copy or download the list as CSV with word, count and percent columns for Excel or Google Sheets.

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Reading your results

A few things the numbers can tell you:

  • Total words is the number of words counted after your filters; Unique words is how many different words appear.
  • The share column shows each word's percentage of the total, so you can compare texts of different lengths.
  • Used once counts words that appear exactly one time. A high number usually means a varied vocabulary.
  • Small function words such as “the”, “and” and “of” are normally at the top. Raise the minimum length to focus on content words.
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Frequently asked questions

How does the word frequency counter decide what a word is?

Words are runs of letters or numbers. Punctuation, symbols and emoji are not words, contractions like “don't” count as one word, and hyphenated words like “well-known” stay together.

Are uppercase and lowercase words counted together?

Yes, by default “The” and “the” are merged and shown in lowercase. Turn on “Case sensitive” to count them separately.

How do I ignore words like “a”, “an” and “the”?

Set a minimum word length, for example 4+ characters, to hide most short function words while keeping the longer words that carry meaning.

Can I export the results to Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. Use Copy CSV and paste into a sheet, or Download CSV to get a file with word, count and percent columns.

Does it work with languages other than English?

Yes. Words are detected with Unicode-aware rules, so accented languages work, and Chinese and Japanese text is split into words using your browser's built-in dictionary.

Is my text uploaded?

No. Counting happens in your browser, and very long texts are processed in a background thread on your device.

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