TOOLWhich words are you using most?
Paste any text and this tool ranks every word by how often it appears, from most to least common, with its share of the total. It's perfect for spotting overused words in your writing and for checking keyword frequency when optimizing a page.
Related tools
Get overall counts and reading time with the word counter, or analyze on-page keyword density with the keyword density tool.
How to use it
- Paste your text into the box.
- Read the ranked table — every word with its count and share of the total, most frequent first.
- Toggle "ignore case" so "The" and "the" count together, or keep them separate.
Making sense of the results
The top of the list is usually function words — "the", "and", "to" — which is normal; the interesting signal is your most-used content words. Writers use this to catch a word they've leaned on too heavily and vary it. For SEO, it's a quick keyword-density check: confirm your main term appears enough to be relevant without being stuffed, which reads as spam to both readers and search engines.
For overall totals and reading time, use the word counter, and for on-page optimisation specifically, the keyword density tool.
Frequently asked questions
What does a word frequency counter do?
It counts how many times each unique word appears in your text and ranks them from most to least common, so you can see which words dominate a piece of writing.
Why is word frequency useful?
Writers use it to spot overused words, and it helps with SEO keyword density — checking that important terms appear enough without being stuffed.
Does it ignore capitalization?
By default it treats words case-insensitively, so The and the are counted together. You can turn that off to count them separately.