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
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Paste or type the text you want to analyze.
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Choose whether uppercase and lowercase versions of a word should count together.
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Optionally exclude common English words to focus on more meaningful vocabulary.
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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.