Word Frequency Analyzer

Word Frequency Analyzer

Free word frequency analyzer — count word occurrences, check keyword density, analyze bigrams & trigrams, and measure vocabulary diversity. 100% client-side.

Updated May 2026

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How the Word Frequency Analyzer Works

Paste up to 100,000 words and get results ranked by frequency in seconds

1. Paste your text

Article, essay, transcript, or documentation — any content you need to analyze.

2. Set your filters

Toggle stop words, pick n-gram size (words, bigrams, or trigrams), and set a minimum word length.

3. Read and export the results

A table ranked by count and density — export it as CSV or JSON for further analysis.

What This Word Frequency Counter Does

Unigrams, bigrams, trigrams, and lexical diversity, all client-side

N-gram analysis

Single words, or 2- and 3-word phrases — bigrams and trigrams reveal patterns unigrams alone miss.

Type-Token Ratio

Measures vocabulary diversity as a percentage, flagging repetitive writing before you publish.

Stop word filtering

Strips function words (the, a, of, in) so the vocabulary that actually defines the topic stands out.

CSV / JSON export

Take the ranked frequency table into Excel, Python (pandas), or R for deeper analysis.

100% client-side

Text is analyzed in your browser only — nothing is uploaded, stored, or sent to a server.

Key Metrics

What the numbers in the table actually mean

Metric
Formula / healthy range
Keyword density
(count ÷ total words) × 100 — healthy range: 1–2.5%
Type-Token Ratio
unique words ÷ total words × 100 — below 40% reads as repetitive
Bigram
"content marketing" — a 2-word phrase treated as one unit

When You'd Use This

The scenarios that come up most often

SEO content audits

Check whether your primary keyword lands in the 1–2.5% density range and shows up naturally in bigrams.

Catching over-repeated words

A word appearing 40+ times in 1,000 words is a red flag — Type-Token Ratio quantifies it before you publish.

Academic and survey text analysis

Spot dominant themes across interview transcripts, open-ended survey responses, or research notes.

Technical documentation review

Find jargon or terminology repeated far more than it should be across READMEs and manuals.

Common Mistake? Start Here

Only checking unigrams, never bigrams

Search queries are usually phrases — confirming your keyword also appears as a natural 2-word unit is a more accurate signal.

Not filtering stop words for SEO work

Without the filter, the top results are "the", "a", "of" — noise that's useless for a keyword density check.

Ignoring a low TTR on long text

A Type-Token Ratio under 40% on 1,000+ words usually signals repetitive writing that hurts readability.

Why Use This Word Frequency Analyzer

It goes beyond a simple word count: bigram and trigram analysis is often more useful for SEO than unigrams alone, since real searches are typically phrases, not single words.

Type-Token Ratio turns "this text feels repetitive" into an objective, comparable number, so you can catch overused words before a piece goes live instead of after.

Unigrams vs. Bigrams vs. Trigrams

Which granularity to use, and when

Unigram
Bigram
Trigram
Example
"content"
"content marketing"
"digital marketing strategy"
Best for
a general vocabulary overview
confirming natural key phrases
analyzing more specific phrasing
Use in SEO
baseline signal
often the most valuable
niche-specific checks

Frequently Asked Questions

It's a tool that counts how many times each word or phrase appears in a text and calculates its relative frequency as a percentage of the total. It's used for SEO keyword density checks, editorial review, and linguistic research.

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