WordBench tool
Word Frequency Counter
See how often each word appears, ranked from most to least.
Most frequent words
Type a few words and a ranked frequency table will appear here.
About the word frequency counter
The WordBench word frequency counter tallies how many times each word appears in your text and ranks the results from most to least frequent. Paste an article, a transcript, or a list and see the words that carry the most weight, with a simple bar next to each count.
Frequency is a quiet but revealing signal. It shows which terms a piece of writing leans on, where a word is repeated more than you realized, and whether a draft is circling the same few ideas. Editors use it to catch crutch words, and SEO writers use it to check that a target term appears often enough without being overused.
You can choose to ignore case so that Report and report are counted together, which is usually what you want for a true frequency reading. Unlike a keyword density panel that hides filler words, this tool counts every word you typed, so the picture is complete. It all runs locally, and nothing is uploaded.
Who uses it
Worked example
Paste "The team shipped the update. The update was small, but the team was proud of the update."
With ignore case on, the counter ranks the by 4, update by 3, and team and was by 2 each, then the remaining words once apiece. The bars make the leaders obvious at a glance, so you can see that update and the are doing a lot of the lifting.
Frequently asked questions
How does it decide what a word is?
A word is a run of letters, digits, apostrophes, and hyphens, so contractions and hyphenated terms are counted as single words. Punctuation and spaces separate one word from the next.
What does ignore case do?
With ignore case on, the same word is counted together regardless of capitalization, so Report and report add to one total. Turn it off to count each casing separately, which can matter for names and acronyms.
Does it skip common filler words?
No. This tool counts every word so you get a complete frequency picture, including the and of. If you want filler words removed, the word counter keyword density panel does that instead.
Is there a limit on how much text I can analyze?
You can paste large passages. The most frequent words are shown at the top so the table stays readable, and the whole analysis runs in your browser without uploading anything.