Letter Frequency Counter
Count how often each letter appears in a text and see the distribution.
Which letters do the work
Counting the letters in a text reveals its make-up in a way the words do not — which letters appear most, how the distribution compares to the language's usual pattern. This tallies every letter and shows the counts, useful for word games, puzzles, cryptography exercises, or simple curiosity about the shape of a piece of text.
Paste the text and each letter comes back with its count.
The classic use: puzzles and ciphers
Letter frequency is the backbone of simple cryptography. In English, E is by far the most common letter, followed by T, A and O, and that predictable pattern is exactly how classic substitution ciphers are cracked — match the most common symbol in the code to E and work from there. It is also handy for Scrabble-style word games and for setting or solving letter-based puzzles.
Common questions
What does it show?
Each letter and how many times it appears, so you can see the distribution across the text.
What is letter frequency used for?
Word games and puzzles, and classic cryptography, where the commonest letters help crack a substitution cipher.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The counting happens in your browser.