📝 Character Frequency Counter — Count Characters in Text
Paste any text to see a sorted list of every character and how many times it appears. Useful for analysis, puzzles and data cleaning.
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Summary
Private by design. This tool runs entirely in your browser — nothing you enter or add is uploaded to any server.
How it works
- Paste or type the text you want to analyse.
- Click Count characters to generate the frequency list.
- See every unique character sorted by count, plus totals for letters, spaces and more.
Examples
- Analyse the letter frequencies in a passage for a cipher or puzzle.
- Check how many spaces or punctuation marks are in a document draft.
- Count specific characters while cleaning or normalising text.
Frequently asked questions
Does it count spaces and punctuation?
Yes. Every character including spaces, tabs, newlines, letters, digits and symbols is counted separately.
Is the count case-sensitive?
Yes. Uppercase and lowercase letters are treated as different characters.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser. The text never leaves your device.
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