About this word frequency counter
A word frequency counter tells you how often each word appears in a piece of text and ranks them from most to least common. Writers use it to catch words they lean on too much, students and researchers use it to study a text, and anyone working on SEO can use it to check which terms a page emphasises. By default it treats The and the as the same word, but you can switch that off. The most common words are listed with their counts, and the totals show how many unique and total words your text contains. Everything is worked out in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
- What counts as a word?
- Any run of letters or numbers. Punctuation and spaces are treated as separators, so "don't" stays as one word.
- Does capitalisation matter?
- By default no — "Apple" and "apple" are counted together. Tick the box to count them separately.
- Is there a limit on text length?
- There is no fixed limit. The tool runs in your browser, so very large texts depend only on your device's memory.