Word Frequency Counter
Count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent.
How to use the Word Frequency Counter
What does the Word Frequency Counter do?
Count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent; It applies this page-specific rule: words are sequences of Unicode letters with internal straight or curly apostrophes, so people's and don’t each remain one word.
Which inputs does this counter use?
To count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent, enter Text to analyze, Minimum word length, Show top results, Word and count; keep every value in the same example; select Count word frequency when the values are ready; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - The default combines uppercase and lowercase forms, then sorts by count from highest to lowest and alphabetically when counts tie - so the expected result can confirm the settings.
How should the counter result be read?
For a result intended to count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent, the default combines uppercase and lowercase forms, then sorts by count from highest to lowest and alphabetically when counts tie; read word and count together with the original text to analyze rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.
Does punctuation create separate words?
When the goal is to count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent, no.
Are Word and word combined?
When using the page to count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent, yes by default.
Limits and accuracy
When using this counter to count words in pasted text and rank them from most to least frequent, the top-results limit changes only what is displayed; check the result in its intended destination before relying on it for important work; keep text to analyze until the output has been checked in its intended destination.
How words are counted
Words are sequences of Unicode letters with internal straight or curly apostrophes, so people's and don’t each remain one word. Punctuation around a word is ignored. Numbers are excluded unless you choose to count them.
The default combines uppercase and lowercase forms, then sorts by count from highest to lowest and alphabetically when counts tie. Minimum length is measured in characters after tokenization.
The top-results limit changes only what is displayed. The summary still reports the full number of countable and unique words.
Frequently asked questions
Does punctuation create separate words?
No. Surrounding punctuation is ignored, while an apostrophe inside a word is retained.
Are Word and word combined?
Yes by default. Clear Combine uppercase and lowercase to count them separately.
Are common words removed?
No. This is a complete frequency count, not a stop-word analyzer.