Word Frequency Counter
Count how many times each word appears in your text. Analyse word usage and find the most common words.
About this calculator
Count how often each word appears in your text, with options to exclude common stop words and to treat capital letters as different words. The result is a ranked table, so the most-used words are at the top.
Use it to find the real topic of an article, to remove filler words, or to prepare word clouds.
How to use it
- Paste your text.
- Tick Exclude common words and Case sensitive if wanted.
- Press Analyze.
Method
Text is split into words, stripped of punctuation and counted. With stop words excluded, very common words (the, a, of, and, to…) are ignored so the content words surface.
Worked example
the cat and the hat and the bat
| With stop words | the 3, and 2, cat 1, hat 1, bat 1 |
| Without stop words | cat 1, hat 1, bat 1 |
Tips and common mistakes
- Turn stop words off to see the full picture, on to see themes.
- Treat 'Apple' and 'apple' as one word unless you need the distinction.
- Use it on interview transcripts to find recurring terms.
- Pair it with a thesaurus to vary repeated words.
- Very long texts may take a moment.
Frequently asked questions
What is word frequency analysis?
Counting how many times each word appears in a text.
Why exclude stop words?
Words such as the, and, of dominate every text and hide the meaningful words.
Is the count case-sensitive?
You can choose either.
What is it used for?
Finding keywords, checking repetition and studying style.
Does punctuation affect it?
Punctuation is stripped from the words.
How many words can I paste?
Thousands, since it runs in your browser.