What Word Frequency helps you do
Count distinct words and list the most common tokens with their totals. It gives a quick picture of what a block of text is actually made of, which helps with editing, keyword review and data cleanup. Words are compared case-insensitively, so The and the count as one token.
Frequency analysis runs locally in your browser; no text is uploaded to Haivix.
How it works
These tools scan the pasted text in the browser with a pattern or parser and return the matches in first-seen order. Extraction is a candidate list, not a verification step: an email-shaped string may not be deliverable, a URL may not resolve, and a number may be part of a date or an identifier. Nothing is uploaded, and the source text is never changed. The result is a snapshot of the pasted text; editing the source afterwards does not update the list.
How to use Word Frequency
- Paste the text you want to analyze.
- Set the number of top words to show.
- Run the count and scan the most frequent terms.
- Copy the list for further analysis.
When to use it
- Find the most repeated terms in an article draft.
- Spot filler words in a document before editing.
- Check keyword frequency in a piece of copy.
- Compare the vocabulary of two drafts.
- Find repeated terms in a set of support tickets.
- Check whether a page overuses a brand term.
- Find repeated phrases in a set of support tickets.
When not to use it
- Do not use it as a readability or grammar check.
- Do not expect stemming; run and running are separate.
- Do not treat the top word as the most important concept.
Example
A short paragraph that uses the word the six times lists the with a count of six at the top. If two words share a count, the alphabetical order decides between them. The unique total counts every distinct token, not just the listed top words.
What you can do with Word Frequency
- Count each distinct word case-insensitively.
- Sort by count, then alphabetically for ties.
- Limit the list to the top N words.
- Show the number of unique words and listed items.
- Copy the frequency list.
- Run the analysis locally with no upload.
Example: check the matches on a sample
Paste a short sample first and count the expected matches by eye. Compare that count with the result before running a large file, because a missing match is easier to spot in a small sample.
Read a few matches in context to catch false positives. A phone-like number inside an order ID, or a URL inside a code snippet, is common and should not be treated as a contact or a live link.
Copy the list and keep the original. If the extraction feeds a mail merge or a report, verify a sample of the destinations rather than assuming every match is valid.
If the result is empty, check the input format before assuming the tool is broken. A bare domain without http, an address split across a line, or JSON with a trailing comma are common reasons for no matches.
For a list that will be contacted or published, keep the source and the extracted list side by side. The source is the only way to resolve a questionable match or explain why one was missed.
What to know before you start
- Word boundaries are language-dependent, and punctuation handling affects the counts.
- It does not perform stemming, so related forms such as run and running are counted separately.
- There is no stop-word filter; common words dominate.
- It counts tokens, not phrases or lemmas.
Common mistakes
- Assuming the most frequent word is the most meaningful.
- Expecting plural and singular forms to be grouped.
- Forgetting that common words like the dominate the list.
- Treating the count as a keyword-density score.
- Assuming the list includes every unique word; it shows the top N.
Troubleshooting
If a word is missing, it may be below the top-N limit or split by punctuation.
If related forms appear separately, the tool does not stem.
If the counts look low, check for a very short text or a high punctuation density.
If the list is empty, the text may contain no words.
Related standards and documentation
- Email addresses follow RFC 5322, but the tool uses a practical pattern rather than a full parser.
- URLs follow RFC 3986; the extractor recognises http, https and www forms.
- Regular-expression matching is not a validation service and can miss unusual formats.
- No extraction tool can prove that a match is valid or safe; that requires a separate check.
- Test on a small sample first.
- Check false positives in context.
- Review before a mail merge or report.
- Empty output usually means the format, not the tool.