Word Frequency Counter
The Word Frequency Counter analyzes any text you paste and shows you exactly which words appear most often, ranked from highest to lowest count. It strips punctuation automatically and offers case-insensitive matching so 'The' and 'the' count together. Useful for writers checking repetition, researchers analyzing text patterns, students studying vocabulary density, and anyone wanting quick insight into text composition.
How to use it
- Paste or type your text into the input box
- Choose case-insensitive mode if you want 'Word' and 'word' counted together
- Click 'Count Words' and view the ranked table instantly
- Sort by count, alphabetically, or by first appearance as needed
Pro tips
- Use case-insensitive mode to catch repeated words in different capitalizations
- Common words like 'the' and 'and' often dominate – filter them out in settings if focusing on content words
- Export results as CSV to analyze patterns in spreadsheets or track revisions across multiple texts
FAQ
Does it remove common words like 'the' and 'and'?
By default no, but you can enable a stopwords filter in settings to exclude common English words and focus on meaningful content.
Can I analyze multiple texts?
Yes. Paste each text separately and run the counter, or paste multiple texts together and the tool counts all words in the combined input.
What formats does it accept?
Plain text, copied passages from PDFs, web pages, emails, or documents. Paste anything as text and it will count.
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