Word Frequency Counter
Every repeated word in your draft, ranked by count and updated live — the mirror that shows you the words you lean on without noticing.
Keywords appear once you type.
Editing with a frequency table
The workflow that earns its keep: paste a finished draft, scan the top ten, and interrogate each entry — is this word doing necessary work every time, or is it a habit? Replace half the occurrences of any word that surprises you, then re-paste and watch the table flatten. Common function words are filtered so the list shows your choices, not English's.
Frequently asked questions
What should I look for in the frequency list?
Your tics. Every writer has default words — "just", "really", "very", "actually", intensifiers and hedges that add nothing — plus pet adjectives that repeat unnoticed. Seeing "leverage" seven times in a one-page memo is the cure.
How is this different from keyword density?
Same engine, different intent. Keyword density asks "is this text about what it should be about?" — an SEO lens. Frequency asks "what am I unconsciously repeating?" — an editing lens. The density page shows share-of-text percentages; here the raw counts are the point.
Are word forms combined?
No — "run", "runs", and "running" count separately (case is ignored). Stemming would hide exactly the repetition patterns editors want to see; if three forms of the same verb all chart, that verb is carrying too much of your prose.
What about unique-word count?
Shown alongside: unique words ÷ total words is a rough lexical-variety gauge. Fiction and essays typically show more variety than technical writing, where consistent terminology is a feature, not a flaw.
Analysis happens locally in your browser — drafts are never transmitted or stored. See the methodology page.