Word frequency counter

Count each word and sort by frequency. Words contain letters or numbers; internal apostrophes and hyphens stay together.

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Result columns: word, count, percentage.

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Updated 2026-09-19

Using Word frequency counter

Count each word and sort by frequency. Words contain letters or numbers; internal apostrophes and hyphens stay together.

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A worked example

The word frequency counter changes "cat cat dog" becomes "cat\t2\t66.67%\ndog\t1\t33.33%".

Next: Character counter

Before you use the result

Matching ignores case by default. This is a word count, not keyword-quality advice. The percentages use all matched words as the denominator.

Next: Duplicate word finder

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