Boneyard Tools

Word Frequency Counter

Paste any text to see how often each word appears, ranked from most to least common. Counts and percentages update instantly, and you can ignore case, hide short words or strip out common stopwords.

How to count word frequency

  1. Paste or type your text into the box.
  2. Set your options: ignore case, minimum word length, and whether to remove stopwords.
  3. Read the ranked table of words with their counts and percentage share.

Examples

A short repeated phrase

the cat the dog the
the: 3 (60%), cat: 1 (20%), dog: 1 (20%)

Hiding stopwords

the quick brown fox and the lazy dog
With stopwords removed: quick, brown, fox, lazy, dog each appear once

Frequently asked questions

What is word frequency?

Word frequency is how many times each distinct word appears in a piece of text. Listing words by frequency shows which terms a document leans on most, both as raw counts and as a share of the total.

What are stopwords and why remove them?

Stopwords are very common function words such as the, a, and, of and to. They appear in almost every sentence and add little topical meaning, so hiding them makes the words that actually describe your text stand out.

How is this useful for SEO and writing?

For SEO it shows whether your target keywords appear often enough without overstuffing. For writing it flags crutch words and repetition you may want to vary, and confirms your main topic comes through clearly.

Does it count words case sensitively?

By default it ignores case, so The and the are merged into one entry. Turn off ignore case to count differently cased versions of a word separately.

How is the percentage calculated?

Each word's percentage is its count divided by the total number of counted words, times 100, rounded to two decimals. The total reflects any filters you apply, such as a minimum length or removing stopwords.

Is my text private?

Yes. Everything runs locally in your browser and nothing you type is uploaded or stored.

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