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Word Frequency Counter

Find the most-used words in a piece of text, with counts and share of total.

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Total words
26
Unique words
14
Shown below
14

Top 14 words

WordCount% of total
the623.1%
dog311.5%
fox311.5%
is27.7%
lazy27.7%
quick27.7%
and13.8%
barks13.8%
brown13.8%
but13.8%
jumps13.8%
keeps13.8%
over13.8%
running13.8%

About the Word Frequency Counter

This word frequency counter scans any block of text and ranks its words by how often each one appears, showing both the raw count and its share of the total. It can optionally filter out common function words like the, is and and, leaving the topic-carrying vocabulary — useful for a rough keyword-density check, spotting overused words in your own writing, or analyzing a speech or transcript.

How to use the Word Frequency Counter

  1. 1

    Paste or type the text you want to analyze.

  2. 2

    Choose whether uppercase and lowercase versions of a word should count together.

  3. 3

    Optionally exclude common English words to focus on more meaningful vocabulary.

  4. 4

    Read the ranked table of the most frequent words.

What people use it for

Spotting overused words in a draft

Paste an essay or article draft to see which words you've leaned on too heavily, then vary the language before finalizing it.

A rough keyword density check

Check what percentage of an article's words are your target keyword, as a sanity check against accidental keyword stuffing.

Analyzing a speech or interview transcript

See which words or themes came up most often across a transcript without reading it word by word.

What counts as a word

Any run of letters, digits or apostrophes is treated as one word — so contractions like don't and alphanumeric tokens like co2 count as single words, while all punctuation and whitespace are treated purely as separators.

Tips

  • Turn on 'exclude common words' to filter out roughly 50 of the most frequent English function words, leaving results dominated by actual topic words.
  • Search engines don't use one 'ideal' keyword density — treat this as a sanity check for accidental over-repetition, not a target percentage to hit.
  • Increase 'words to show' up to 100 to see further down the frequency list on longer texts.

Frequently asked questions

What counts as a 'word' here?
Any run of letters, digits or apostrophes — so don't, it's and co2 each count as one word, while punctuation and whitespace are just separators, not words themselves.
What does 'exclude common words' actually filter out?
A fixed list of roughly 50 of the most frequent English function words — articles, pronouns, conjunctions and common auxiliary verbs like the, is, and, and have — so what's left is closer to the meaningful, topic-carrying words in the text.
Is this useful for checking keyword density in an article?
Yes — turning on both options and comparing your target keyword's percentage against the total gives a rough keyword density figure, though search engines don't use a single 'ideal' density, so treat it as a sanity check rather than a target to hit.

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