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Word Frequency Analyzer
A word frequency analyzer counts how often every word appears in a passage and ranks the results — the fastest way to catch crutch words in your own drafts, pull key terms from a document, or get a quick read on what a text actually emphasizes. Paste any text and it lowercases everything, tallies each word, and reports the 15 most frequent with their counts, alongside the total word count and the number of unique words. Punctuation stuck to a word is stripped, so "running." and "running" count together, and contractions written with a straight apostrophe stay whole. Two things to know when reading the results: function words — the, and, of, to — will top almost any list, so the interesting signal starts a few rows down; and there is no stop-word filter, by design, since invisible repetition is often exactly what an editor needs to see. Only the top 15 are listed, but the totals cover every word.
How to use
- Choose your options above
- Click Generate
- Copy your result
Detailed instructions
- Paste your text into the box.
- Click Generate to count word frequency.
- Look past common function words.
- Spot any words you overuse.
Use Cases
- •Editing your own writing
- •Checking for overused words
- •Basic SEO keyword analysis
- •Summarising what a text covers
- •Studying a document
Tips
- →Look past "the" and "and".
- →Watch for crutch words you repeat.
- →Use it to find keywords.
- →Great for editing your own writing.
FAQ
what does word frequency tell me
It shows which words appear most often, which reveals what a text emphasizes and where you might be repeating yourself. Frequency analysis is useful for editing, for pulling out keywords, and for getting a quick sense of a document's focus.
why do 'the' and 'and' top the list
Common function words — the, and, of, to — appear constantly in normal writing, so they naturally dominate raw frequency counts, and this tool deliberately applies no stop-word filter. Look past them to the meaningful content words, which tell you what the text is actually about.
how many words does the ranking show
The list shows the 15 most frequent words with their counts; everything else is summarized in the total and unique-word figures above it. For most editing passes the top 15 is where the crutch words live. To chase a specific word further down, search for it in your editor once the list has told you what to look for.
does the analyzer strip punctuation and handle contractions correctly
Punctuation attached to words is stripped, so 'running.' and 'running' count together, and case is ignored. Contractions typed with a straight apostrophe stay whole — but the curly apostrophes word processors insert split a contraction into two tokens, so don't can become 'don' plus 't'. If counts look odd around contractions, replace curly apostrophes with straight ones before pasting.
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