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Word Frequency Counter

Paste any text to see which words appear most often. Useful for SEO, writing analysis, and content review.

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What is word frequency analysis?

Word frequency analysis counts how many times each word appears in a piece of text. This reveals patterns in writing — which words are overused, which topics dominate, and what the overall focus of the text is. It's a core technique in linguistics, SEO, and natural language processing.

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Writers use it to spot overused words (too many "very"s or "really"s). SEO professionals use it to check keyword density. Researchers use it to analyze large documents. Teachers use it to find vocabulary patterns in student writing. Paste anything from an essay to a webpage and see instantly what words dominate.

What are "stop words"?
Stop words are common words like "the," "is," "and," "a," and "to" that appear so frequently they usually don't reveal meaningful information about the text's content. Most word frequency tools filter these out by default to show the more meaningful content words.
What's a good keyword density for SEO?
Most SEO experts recommend keeping your target keyword at 1-2% of total word count. Higher than 3-4% can appear as keyword stuffing to search engines, which may hurt rankings. Natural writing that serves the reader typically falls within healthy keyword density ranges automatically.