Count Occurrences of a Word or Phrase

It shows the total number of matches found in your text using the current options. The neighbouring First position card shows the zero-based index of the first match, or a dash when there are no matches.

It counts the term only when it is not attached to other letters, digits or underscores. Searching cat with this on matches the standalone word cat but skips the cat inside category and scatter.

It lets matches reuse characters. Searching aa in aaaa finds 3 overlapping matches at positions 0, 1 and 2, whereas the default non-overlapping count finds 2 separate matches at positions 0 and 2.

Yes. The search field accepts any string including spaces and punctuation, so you can count a full phrase, a code token or a symbol wherever that exact sequence appears.

Yes. Without any options, The, the and THE are counted separately. Tick Ignore case to fold them together so all three are counted as the same term.

Any character that is not a letter, digit or underscore, including spaces, punctuation, and the start or end of the text. Whole word matching passes only when both sides of the term sit against such a boundary.

An empty term never matches anything, so the count stays at zero and a prompt invites you to type a word or phrase to start counting.

There is no fixed cap. The search runs in your browser, so the practical limit is your device memory, and even large pastes are counted almost instantly as you type.

No. The text and the term are processed entirely on your device with no upload, which keeps private documents and drafts confidential.