Word Frequency Counter
Paste any text to see which words you actually use most, ranked by count with a percentage of the total. Filter out short words and the common English stop words so the list shows meaningful terms rather than a column of ‘the’ and ‘and’.
Word Frequency Counter tool
| # | Word | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paste text to see the word list. | |||
How to use it
- Paste the text you want to analyze.
- Filter by minimum word length or hide common words if the list is noisy.
- Read the ranked table, or copy the whole list into a spreadsheet.
Worked example
Reading a word frequency list
A frequency list counts how often each distinct word appears and sorts them by count. In ordinary English the top of any list is function words: the, of, and, to. They carry grammar rather than meaning, which is why the ‘hide common words’ filter exists. Turn it on and the list starts revealing what a text is actually about.
Vocabulary richness is the number of unique words divided by the total. A high figure means little repetition, common in short or varied writing. A low figure means the same terms recur, which is normal in technical documents and often a warning sign in essays and marketing copy.
Frequency analysis is the standard first pass in content editing, SEO and text analysis. If one term dominates far above the rest, the writing is probably repetitive; if nothing rises above the noise, the topic may be too diffuse.
Common uses
- Checking an article for repeated words
- Finding the main topics in a long document
- Spotting keyword stuffing in web copy
- Analyzing transcripts, reviews or survey answers