Word Frequency Counter

Analyze word frequency in text with sorting, filtering, and stop word options

Word Frequency Counter

Enter or Paste Text

Case Sensitive

Ignore Common Words

Min Word Length:

Statistics

Total Words

Unique Words

Most Frequent

Avg Word Length

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Usage Examples

Text Analysis

Analyze a paragraph to discover the most commonly used words and their frequency distribution.

Literary Analysis

Examine a famous passage with stop words included to see all word frequencies including common words.

Keyword Analysis

Count programming language mentions with case sensitivity to differentiate between similar names.

Features

Sortable Results

Sort results by word, count, or percentage with ascending or descending order

Smart Filtering

Filter out common stop words and set minimum word length for cleaner analysis

Visual Frequency Bars

See word frequency visually with proportional bars and percentage breakdown

Privacy First

All processing happens locally in your browser, no data sent to servers

How to Use?

Enter Your Text

Paste or type the text you want to analyze in the input area.

Configure Options

Set case sensitivity, stop word filtering, and minimum word length as needed.

View & Export Results

View the frequency table, sort results, and copy them to your clipboard.

Frequently Asked Questions

Stop words are common words like "the", "a", "is", "and", "of" that appear in nearly every text and carry little meaning. Filter them out when you want to find meaningful keywords or check keyword density. Keep them when analyzing writing style, readability patterns, or studying a specific author's voice.

Each word's count is divided by the total word count and multiplied by 100. If "python" appears 8 times in 200 words, the frequency is 4.0%. This is the same calculation used in keyword density analysis for SEO.

Setting a minimum word length (e.g., 4 characters) excludes very short words like "a", "is", "of", "the", "and" from the results even if stop word filtering is off. Useful for cleaning up results in languages where the stop word list does not apply.

Yes. The tool handles Unicode and processes any language correctly. The stop word list is English-based, so disable stop word filtering when analyzing French, German, Spanish, or other languages to avoid incorrectly removing meaningful words.

Four quick stats: Total Words (all words including repetitions), Unique Words (distinct word count), Most Frequent (the single word that appears most often), and Average Word Length (characters per word, useful as a rough readability indicator).

Paste your page content, enable stop word filtering, and check the frequency percentages. A target keyword appearing at 1-3% is generally considered a healthy density. Above 5-6% looks like keyword stuffing to search engines. The sortable results let you quickly spot over-used terms.

Yes. Click the column headers to sort by word (alphabetical), count (how many times it appears), or percentage. Each click toggles between ascending and descending order. This makes it easy to find both the most and least frequent words.

No. All analysis runs locally in your browser with JavaScript. Your text never leaves your device, so it is safe to paste confidential content, unpublished drafts, or internal documents.

What This Tool Does

Paste any text and instantly see which words appear most often. The word frequency counter breaks down your text into a sortable table showing each word, how many times it appears, and its percentage of the total. Visual frequency bars make patterns easy to spot at a glance.

Filtering for Cleaner Results

Common words like "the" and "is" can dominate your results. The stop word filter removes them so you can focus on the words that actually matter. You can also set a minimum word length to skip short words entirely.

Who Uses Word Frequency Analysis?

Writers checking for overused words, SEO professionals analyzing keyword density, students studying text patterns in literature, researchers processing survey responses, and content creators optimizing their copy. If you work with text, this tool has something for you.

Practical Examples

Check if you are repeating the same word too often in a blog post, analyze a competitor's landing page for keyword focus, compare word usage across different documents, or examine the vocabulary in a speech or transcript. The sortable table makes it easy to find what you are looking for.

Runs Entirely in Your Browser

Your text never leaves your device. Everything is processed with JavaScript right in the browser - no uploads, no server processing, no data stored anywhere. Analyze confidential documents without worry.

Security and Privacy

Your data security is our priority

Local Processing

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No Data Transfer

Your data is not sent to our servers

No Data Storage

No data is stored or shared

SSL Encryption

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