Keyword Density Checker
Analyse keyword density in any text. Counts single words and two or three word phrases, shows frequency and percentage, and skips common stop words.
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What this tool is for
Density is not a ranking factor you should chase, but it is a useful mirror: it shows what a page is actually about, and whether the phrase you meant to target appears at all. Paste an article and see the words and phrases that carry it, with stop words filtered out so the list is not "the, of, and".
How keyword density is calculated
Density is the number of times a word or phrase appears divided by the total number of words, times 100. A 1000 word article that uses "coffee grinder" 12 times has a density of 1.2 percent for that phrase. Two and three word phrases are counted as sliding windows across the text, so "burr coffee grinder" contributes to both "burr coffee" and "coffee grinder".
Is there an ideal density?
No. Search engines stopped rewarding repetition long ago, and very high density is a spam signal, not a ranking advantage. Use the numbers as a sanity check instead: the topic you meant to cover should be near the top of the list, the words a reader would use to search for it should appear naturally, and nothing unexpected should dominate. If a filler word or your brand name outranks the actual subject, the text is probably about the wrong thing.
Practical ways to use the counter
Compare your page with the pages ranking above it: paste each and look at which phrases they share that yours lacks. That is a quick way to find subtopics you skipped. Check translations and rewrites too, since a paraphrasing pass often drops the one term people actually search for. Switch to two and three word phrases to catch repetition that single words hide, such as the same sentence opening used ten times.
How to use it
- Paste the text or article body.
- Choose phrase length: single words, two word phrases or three word phrases.
- Read the table: frequency and percentage of total words.
Frequently asked questions
What density should I aim for?
There is no target. Modern search engines match meaning, not repetition counts, and anything above roughly 3 percent for one phrase usually reads as forced. Use this to spot a keyword you forgot to mention at all, not to hit a number.
What counts as a stop word?
Common English function words: articles, prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs. They dominate every text and say nothing about the topic, so they are filtered by default.