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Word Frequency Counter
See how many times each word appears in your text, sorted by frequency or alphabetically.
Count word frequency
Paste some text to begin.
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How to use the Word Frequency Counter
- Paste or type the text you want to analyse.
- Set the sorting, minimum word length and the case and stop word options.
- The word list and counts update instantly, and you can copy the results.
Features
- Counts every unique word in the text
- Optional stop word filtering
- Case insensitive mode and minimum word length
- Sort by frequency or alphabetically
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the free online word frequency counter.
Paste your text into the box and click Count words. The results list every unique word
together with the number of times it appears.
A run of letters, digits or apostrophes. Spaces and punctuation separate words, so a word
such as don't is counted as one word.
Yes. Ignore case is enabled by default, so The and the are counted together. Untick it to
count them separately.
Stop words are the most common words in a language, such as the, and, of and to. Tick the
option to leave them out of the results.
Yes. Letters with accents such as e acute or u umlaut are treated as letters, so accented
words are counted normally.
No. The counting happens locally in your browser and nothing is sent to a server.
Every unique word is listed, limited only by your device memory. Raise the minimum word
length to shorten a long list.
Yes, a number such as 2026 is counted as a word and follows the same minimum length rule.
It shows how much of the total counted words that single word represents.
Yes, it is completely free with no account, sign-up or usage limit.
Last updated: October 10, 2026