# Word & Character Frequency Counter

> Count how often each word, character or line appears in your text.

To count frequency, paste your text and choose whether to count words, characters, lines or two-word phrases. Results are sorted by frequency with a share percentage and a bar showing relative distribution, which makes repetition immediately visible.

**URL:** https://convertto.tech/t/text-statistics
**Category:** Text Tools (https://convertto.tech/c/text-tools)
**Privacy:** Runs entirely in the browser; no upload
**Cost:** Free, no sign-up
**Last updated:** 2026-08-01

## Key facts

- **Privacy:** Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded
- **Cost:** Free, unlimited, no sign-up

## How to use

1. Enter or paste your text.
2. Choose the count by.
3. The result appears immediately — copy or download it.

## FAQ

### How is reading time calculated?

From word count divided by an assumed reading speed — usually 200 to 250 words per minute for silent reading of ordinary prose. Technical material is substantially slower, so treat the figure as a floor.

### Why does the character count differ between tools?

Because some count the raw string, some count Unicode code points, and some count what a person would call a character. An emoji is one visible character but two code points, so the three numbers legitimately disagree.

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