Character Frequency Counter
Count how often each character appears in a text, with percentages, a bar chart and CSV export.
Letter frequency analysis
Knowing how often each letter appears in a text helps with cryptography puzzles (breaking substitution ciphers), linguistics, keyboard and font design, and spotting unexpected characters during data cleaning.
What's shown
- How many times each character appears and its percentage
- A bar chart sorted by frequency
- CSV export
Options
Turn case sensitivity on or off and choose whether spaces and symbols are counted. Emoji and accented letters are correctly counted as single characters. Analysis happens in your browser.
How to use Character Frequency Counter
- Paste the text to analyse.
- Set the case and space options.
- Review the frequency table and chart.
- Download the results as CSV if needed.
Why use this tool?
Gives puzzle solvers, students and researchers a visual, exportable frequency analysis.
FAQ
Are emoji counted as single characters?
Yes. Text is split into user-perceived units (graphemes); an emoji or accented letter is counted once.
What is the most common letter in English?
'e' is usually the most frequent letter in English text; check your own text to see.
Does it show word frequency?
For word and phrase frequency, use the Keyword Density Checker or Text Statistics.
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