Word Frequency Counter
Free online word frequency counter. Perfect for content analysis, SEO keyword density, and vocabulary study. 100% client-side.
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What is Word Frequency Counter?
A Word Frequency Counter is a free online text analysis tool that counts how many times each word appears in a document and ranks them by frequency. Paste any text — an article, essay, blog post, or transcript — and the tool instantly builds a frequency table showing each word, its count, and its percentage share of the total. You can toggle case sensitivity, filter out common stop words, set a minimum word length, limit to the top N results, sort by frequency or alphabetically, and export everything to CSV. All analysis runs locally in your browser, so your content stays private.
Key Benefits
- Instant word occurrence counts with percentage shares and visual bars
- Case-sensitivity and stop-word filtering for precise analysis
- Sort by frequency or alphabetically, with a Top N limiter
- Export to CSV or copy as tab-separated values for spreadsheets
- 100% client-side — safe for confidential or unpublished content
Common Use Cases
- •Find overused or repeated words in essays, articles, and marketing copy
- •Analyze keyword density and content focus for SEO optimization
- •Study vocabulary distribution for language learning and linguistics research
- •Compare word usage patterns across speeches, lyrics, or interviews
- •Extract a word list and frequency data for text-mining pipelines
How to Use the Word Frequency Counter
- Paste Your Text: Paste or type the text you want to analyze into the input box. It can be an article, essay, blog post, or any block of text.
- Choose Your Options: Toggle Case sensitive if you want "The" and "the" counted separately. Toggle Remove stop words to hide common words like "the" and "and". Set a minimum word length to skip short words.
- Sort and Limit: Sort results by frequency (most common first) or alphabetically. Use the Top N field to show only the most frequent words.
- Copy or Download: Click Copy to copy the results as tab-separated values, or CSV to download a spreadsheet-ready file for further analysis.
Key Features
- Counts every word occurrence and shows frequency percentage with a visual bar chart.
- Two sort modes: by frequency (most common first) or alphabetical order.
- Filter common English stop words and set a minimum word length to focus on meaningful terms.
- Limit results to the top N words with a 1000-row safety cap for fast rendering on large texts.
- One-click copy as tab-separated values or download as a CSV file for spreadsheet use.
- 100% client-side processing — your text is never uploaded, so it is safe for sensitive content.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the word frequency counter work?
Paste your text into the input box and the tool instantly splits it into words, counts how many times each word appears, and displays the results in a table sorted by frequency or alphabetically. Each row shows the word, its count, and its percentage share of all words. Everything runs locally in your browser.
What are stop words and should I remove them?
Stop words are common words like "the", "and", "is", and "of" that appear frequently in almost all text but usually carry little unique meaning. Enable "Remove common stop words" to filter them out so your results focus on the more meaningful, content-specific words.
Can I export the results to a spreadsheet?
Yes. Click the CSV button to download a comma-separated file that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any spreadsheet app. You can also click Copy to copy the results as tab-separated values for pasting into a spreadsheet cell.
Is my text sent to a server when using this tool?
No. All processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text never leaves your device, making this tool safe for analyzing sensitive or confidential documents.