Keyword Extractor
Find the most repeated significant words in a text - free, no signup.
What this tool does
Paste any text and see its most frequently repeated significant words, with common words like 'the', 'and', and 'of' filtered out automatically. Useful for a quick sense of what a document is actually about, or for checking keyword repetition in your own writing.
Counts every word in your text, filters out a list of common English stopwords, and ranks what's left by frequency.
Lets you set a minimum word length and how many top keywords to show.
Shows a simple bar next to each keyword so the relative frequency is visible at a glance, not just a number.
Lowercases every word before counting, so the same word in different capitalizations - Free, free, FREE - is treated as one keyword and shown in lowercase.
Breaks a tie in count alphabetically, so the same text always produces the same order rather than depending on where each word first appears.
How to use it
- Paste your text.
- Adjust how many keywords and the minimum word length if needed.
- Copy or download the results.
Why use this extractor
Seeing which meaningful words a text repeats helps with SEO, summarising and editing. Removing common words reveals the topic quickly.
Why we built it
We built the keyword extractor as an honest "most repeated significant words" tool rather than a claimed relevance engine. Go deeper with the word frequency counter and the keyword density checker.
If your task goes further, try the Palindrome Checker.
Who this tool is for
- SEO writers checking what a page is about
- Editors reviewing drafts
- Students summarising a text
When to use it
- Finding the main topics of an article.
- Checking your own copy for focus.
- Preparing keyword ideas.
- Skimming a long document.
Why this isn't TF-IDF
An honest description of what a single-document tool can actually measure.
Some keyword tools claim to measure a word's 'importance' or 'relevance', using a technique called TF-IDF that compares a word's frequency in one document against how rare it is across a whole corpus of OTHER documents. This tool only ever sees the one text you paste into it - there's no corpus to compare against - so what it actually does is simpler and more honest: count words, remove common stopwords, and rank by raw frequency. That's a genuinely useful 'what does this text keep repeating' signal, just not the same thing as a relevance score.
How capitalization, apostrophes and ties are handled
Every word is lowercased before counting, so 'Free', 'free' and 'FREE' anywhere in the text all add to the same count and are shown in lowercase in the results - the ranking never splits one word into several entries just because it was capitalized differently in different places.
A leading or trailing apostrophe, typically left over from a surrounding quotation mark, is stripped before counting - 'important' is counted as important. An apostrophe inside a word, as in don't or it's, is kept as part of the word, since removing it would turn one real word into a different one.
When two keywords end up with the same count, they are ordered alphabetically rather than by where they first appeared in the text. That makes the ranking deterministic: pasting the same text twice always produces the same order.
What you give it, and what you get back
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Input | Pasted text. |
| Options | Minimum word length and number of keywords. |
| Output | Ranked keywords with counts and bars. |
Issues you may run into
| What you see | Why it happens | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Phrases are missed | Only single words are counted. | Use the word frequency counter for detail. |
| Frequent word is not important | Frequency is not relevance. | Use judgement. |
| Non-English text | The stopword list is English. | Results will include common words. |
Assumptions and limitations
- This ranks by raw frequency after stopword removal, not by semantic importance or topical relevance.
- It counts individual words only - it doesn't detect multi-word phrases as a single keyword.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find the most common words in a text online for free?
Paste your text and the most frequent significant words appear instantly, ranked by count.
Does this remove common words like 'the' and 'and'?
Yes - a built-in list of common English stopwords is filtered out automatically, so the results focus on more meaningful words.
Is this the same as TF-IDF or a real SEO keyword tool?
No - it's honestly a frequency count after stopword removal, since a single pasted text has no other documents to compare against for a true relevance score.
Can I detect multi-word phrases, not just single words?
Not currently - this counts individual words only.
Is my data uploaded anywhere?
No. Extraction happens entirely in your browser - nothing is sent to a server.
Does capitalization affect which words are counted together?
No. Every word is lowercased before counting, so 'Free', 'free' and 'FREE' all add to the same keyword and are shown in lowercase in the results.
What happens to words in quotes, like 'important'?
A leading or trailing apostrophe (typically from a quotation mark) is stripped before counting, so 'important' is counted as important. An apostrophe inside a word, like don't or it's, is kept as part of the word.