About this word frequency analyzer
This analyzer ranks every distinct word in your text by how often it appears. Writers use it to catch words they repeat without noticing, SEO editors use it to check how often a keyword really appears, and students use it to study an author's vocabulary. Common words such as "the" and "of" are removed by the stop-word list so the words that carry meaning rise to the top. The type-token ratio and the count of words used only once show how varied the vocabulary is, and the full table can be copied or downloaded as CSV for a spreadsheet.
How to use this analyzer
- Add your text. Paste up to a long chapter of text, or press an example. An example only fills the box.
- Set the filters. Pick the stop-word language, a minimum word length, how many words to show, and any custom words to skip. Turn on Case-sensitive, Basic lemmatize, or Count numbers if you need them.
- Press Analyze word frequency. The top three words, the vocabulary numbers, the ranked table, and the word cloud appear below.
- Export the table. Press Copy CSV or Download CSV to use the ranked list in a spreadsheet.
Frequently asked questions
What are stop words and should I remove them?
Stop words are the most common function words of a language, such as the, of, and, and to in English. They top every frequency list, so removing them shows the words that carry meaning. Choose None when you need a raw count of every word.
What does the type-token ratio mean?
It is the number of unique words divided by the number of counted words. A short article often scores 0.5 to 0.7; a long text scores lower because common words keep repeating, so only compare texts of similar length.
What does basic lemmatize do?
It folds common English word forms into one entry before counting: runs, running, and ran become run, studies becomes study, and boxes becomes box. It uses suffix rules and a short list of irregular verbs, so it is meant for English and will not catch every form.
Are numbers counted?
Not by default. Turn on Count numbers to include values such as 2024, 3.5, or 1,000 as their own entries. Total words always includes them.
How are words split?
A word is a run of letters or digits; an apostrophe or hyphen inside a word keeps it together, so don't and well-being are single words. Each Chinese or Japanese character counts as one word. Without Case-sensitive, Paris and paris are the same word.
How is the word cloud sized?
Word size grows with the square root of its count, so the most frequent word does not dwarf the rest. The cloud shows the same words as the table.