Word Frequency Counter
Word Frequency Counter tallies how many times every word appears in the text you
Word Frequency Counter tallies how many times every word appears in the text you
How to use Word Frequency Counter
- Paste or type your text into the box.
- Adjust case handling, stop-word skipping, and minimum word length if you want.
- Read the ranked word list, then copy it or download the full results as CSV.
About Word Frequency Counter
Word Frequency Counter tallies how many times every word appears in the text you paste, then ranks them from most to least common. It shows the total word count, the number of unique words, and each word's share of the words counted, so you can quickly spot repetition, filler, and the terms you lean on most.
You control how counting works: treat "The" and "the" as the same word or keep them separate, skip common stop words like "the", "and", and "of", and set a minimum word length to filter out short tokens. The tokenizer is Unicode-aware, so accented words and words with apostrophes (like "café" or "don't") are kept intact rather than split.
Everything runs entirely in your browser as you type — your text is never uploaded or stored anywhere. You can copy the ranked list or download the complete results as a CSV file for use in a spreadsheet.
Frequently asked questions
- How does it decide what counts as a word?
- It splits text on anything that isn't a letter or number, while keeping internal apostrophes and accented characters together. So "don't" counts as one word and "café" stays whole, but punctuation and line breaks are treated as separators.
- What's the difference between total words and words counted?
- Total words is every word in your text. Words counted is the subset left after your filters — for example, after skipping stop words or dropping words shorter than your minimum length. Percentages are each word's share of the words counted.
- Can I ignore common words like "the" and "and"?
- Yes. Switch the Common words option to "Skip stop words" and around 120 frequent English function words are excluded from the counts, which surfaces the meaningful terms in your text.
- Is my text private?
- Yes. All counting happens locally in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing you paste is sent to a server, uploaded, or saved, so it's safe for drafts, private notes, or confidential documents.
- Is there a limit on how much text I can paste?
- There's no hard limit, but very large documents rely on your device's memory and speed. The on-screen list shows the top 100 words; download the CSV to get the full ranked list for any size of text.
- Does it work for languages other than English?
- The word splitting is Unicode-aware, so it counts words in most languages that use spaces and letters, including accented ones. The optional stop-word list is English only, so leave "Count all words" selected for other languages.