Count Occurrences of a Word

Type a word or phrase and see how many times it appears in your text, with case-insensitive and whole-word matching, and a breakdown of which lines contain it and how often. A free, private occurrence counter.

This tool counts how many times a specific word or phrase appears in a block of text. Paste your text, type the term you are looking for, and the total updates instantly, along with how many lines contain it and a per-line list showing where it turns up. Turn on "Ignore case" to count "Total" and "total" together, or "Whole word" so that searching for "cat" does not match "category". It is a quick way to check repetition, verify a find-and-replace, or tally a keyword.

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How to use it

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    Paste your text

    Add the document, list or code you want to search through.

  2. 2

    Type the term

    Enter the word or phrase to count, and choose case and whole-word matching.

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    Read the count

    See the total, how many lines it appears on, and each matching line listed below.

When it comes in handy

Checking repetition

Count how often a word appears in a draft to catch overuse before you edit it out.

Verifying a replace

Confirm a term is really gone, or count it before and after a bulk edit.

Tallying entries

Count how many times a name, code or value shows up in a pasted log or list.

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Every keystroke is handled right here in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server, so there is no sign-up, no email wall, and no length cap from us. Load the page once and it keeps working even if you go offline.

Frequently asked questions

Does it count overlapping matches?
It counts non-overlapping matches, scanning left to right, which is how a normal search works. For example, counting "aa" in "aaaa" gives two, not three, because each match consumes the characters it uses. This matches what you would get from a find-and-replace on the same text.
What does whole-word matching do?
With whole-word on, the term only counts when it stands alone, bounded by spaces or punctuation rather than sitting inside a longer word. So "cat" matches "the cat sat" but not "category" or "scatter". Leave it off when you want every appearance, including inside other words.
Can I count a phrase, not just one word?
Yes. Type the full phrase, spaces and all, and the tool counts how many times that exact sequence appears. Whole-word matching still applies at the phrase boundaries, so it behaves the way you would expect for multi-word searches.

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