Zuhio Keyword Count Checker
Count keywords, analyze frequency, and understand your content in seconds.
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Keyword Count Checker
Keyword Analysis Results
What these numbers say
Density is a mathematical measurement of the text you supplied. It is not a ranking recommendation from Google or anyone else, and there is no perfect value.
Density by keyword
Bars are scaled to the highest density among your keywords, not to any recommended value.
| Target | Status |
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| Measure | Value |
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Where each keyword appears
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Highlighted text
Most-used Terms
| Term | Count | Density |
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Reading results
How to Interpret Your Results
Read the numbers as a description of your draft, then decide whether the writing needs to change.
- Count is 0: the exact term is absent. Because there is no stemming, check whether you used a variant such as a plural.
- Count is high: open the matching sentences under "Where each keyword appears" and read them aloud. Repetition that sounds forced is the signal, not the percentage.
- Density looks small or large: it depends on text length. One mention in 12 words is 8.33%; in 1,200 words it is 0.08%.
- Coverage is higher than density: the keyword is a phrase, and coverage counts every word in it.
About the tool
What Is a Keyword Count Checker?
A keyword count checker counts how many times a word or phrase appears in a piece of text. Depending on the tool, it may also calculate keyword density and show where each match occurs.
Total word count
Every word in your draft, so you know its length before you check any terms.
Keyword occurrences
How many times each keyword or phrase appears, with the sentence around every match.
Keyword density
Occurrences divided by total words, shown as a percentage and rounded only for display.
Multiple keywords
Check up to 50 keywords or phrases in one pass, separated by commas or new lines.
Phrase matching
Exact phrases matched word for word, in whole-word or partial mode, with optional case matching.
Brief targets
Set your own minimum and maximum, then see Below minimum, Within range or Above maximum.
Editors use it to spot terms that are missing from a draft or repeated more than the writing needs. A keyword brief is a list of target keywords, often with a minimum and maximum number of mentions. Excessive, repetitive use of a keyword is called keyword stuffing, and it usually makes text harder to read.
How it works
How Keyword Counting Works
- You paste your content.
- You enter one or more keywords or phrases.
- The tool scans the text once for each keyword, using the matching settings you chose.
- It counts every occurrence.
- It calculates density as occurrences ÷ total words × 100, and coverage.
- It shows the results, the sentences where each keyword appears, and the highlighted text.
It measures counts and ratios of the text you supply. It does not measure rankings, search volume, competition, readability or quality.
The math
Keyword Count vs Keyword Density
Keyword density = keyword occurrences ÷ total words × 100
Why raw count is useful
A raw count is a direct measurement. It changes only when the keyword itself is added or removed, and it maps straight onto a brief's minimum and maximum.
Why density can mislead
Density depends on total words, so trimming or padding unrelated text changes it. A phrase also counts once per occurrence, so coverage is shown too.
| Measure | Meaning | Calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword count | How many times the keyword occurs (also called frequency) | Number of matches |
| Keyword density | Occurrences relative to the length of the text | occurrences ÷ total words × 100 |
| Coverage | Share of the text's words that belong to the keyword's matches | words touched by matches ÷ total words × 100 |
| Target range | Minimum and maximum mentions you choose | Count compared with your numbers |
Example: 14 occurrences in a 1,842-word article give 14 ÷ 1,842 × 100 = 0.76%. The tool rounds only for display. For a phrase, density counts each occurrence once, while coverage counts every word in it, so a two-word phrase found once in 7 words has a density of 14.3% and a coverage of 28.6%. Coverage is this site's own measure, not a search-engine metric.
Keyword briefs
Keyword Brief Checker
A keyword brief lists the terms a piece should use and how often. Choose Keyword brief mode, enter each keyword with an optional minimum and maximum number of mentions, and check your draft against them.
- Below minimum: the count is lower than your minimum.
- Within range: the count is between your minimum and maximum, inclusive.
- Above maximum: the count is higher than your maximum.
Example: in “SEO helps. SEO helps. SEO helps. SEO helps. Content matters.”, SEO with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 is found 4 times, so it is Above maximum. Content with a minimum of 2 is found once, so it is Below minimum. The ranges are your own editorial targets, not Google recommendations. Content QA mode adds the most-used terms to the same report.
Who it's for
Who Should Use It
Writers and editors checking a draft against a brief. Bloggers and site owners looking for accidental repetition. Students learning what keyword frequency and density mean. Agencies and content managers reviewing other people's work with the same, documented rules every time.
Limits
What the Tool Cannot Tell You
- Whether the text will rank, or how it compares with pages that already rank.
- Search volume, competition or search intent.
- Whether related terms, synonyms or plurals are covered. It matches the exact words you enter.
- Whether the writing is accurate, useful or readable.
Methodology
How We Calculate Keyword Counts
The Zuhio Keyword Count Checker counts every non-overlapping match of a keyword or phrase in your text, and calculates density as occurrences ÷ total words × 100. This page documents every rule.
What counts as a word
A word is a run of letters, digits and combining marks. It may be joined by an internal apostrophe or hyphen, or by a full stop or comma between two digits. So don't, user's, SEO-friendly, 1,842 and 3.14 are each one word. Symbols such as & and dashes are not words. Total words is the denominator for density.
Phrase matching
A phrase matches when every word appears in order, separated only by spaces, tabs or single line breaks. Punctuation between the words, or a blank line, breaks the match: keyword, research is not keyword research. Matches never overlap, so seo seo is found once in seo seo seo. Each keyword is counted independently of the others.
Case, whole-word and partial matching
Matching ignores case unless you turn on exact case. In whole-word mode (the default) the term must be a complete word. In partial mode it can appear anywhere inside a word.
| Mode | Keyword | Count | Density | What is found |
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| Whole-word | art | 2 | 28.57% | art, art |
| Partial | art | 4 | 57.14% | article, art, smart, art |
Punctuation, apostrophes and hyphens
Punctuation around a keyword never changes the result: SEO, SEO. “SEO” (SEO) all count. Curly and straight apostrophes are treated as the same. After a term, an apostrophe followed by s is a possessive and is allowed; any other apostrophe ending is part of the word. A hyphen separates parts for matching, although the hyphenated word counts once in the total.
| Keyword | Count | Why |
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| cat | 1 | Matches cat's (possessive); cats is a different word |
| cats | 1 | Matches the plural only |
| don | 0 | Don't is one word, so don is not a whole word inside it |
| don't | 1 | Matches the full contraction |
In "SEO-based tips and SEO-friendly pages." (5 words), SEO is found twice, giving 40.00%. A setting can keep hyphenated words joined instead.
Known limits: it's and he's count as possessives, so it matches it's. There is no stemming, so cat never matches cats.
Density
Density is occurrences ÷ total words × 100. The tool never rounds before calculating and rounds only when displaying. Full worked examples are in Keyword Count vs Keyword Density.
Coverage
Coverage is this site's own measure, not a search-engine metric. It is the number of distinct words that belong to a keyword's matches, ÷ total words × 100. For a single whole word it equals density. For a phrase it is larger, because each word in the phrase counts.
Keyword brief mode
Write term | minimum | maximum. Limits are inclusive whole numbers of 0 or more, and either may be omitted. A count below the minimum is Below minimum, above the maximum is Above maximum, otherwise Within range. Invalid limits, such as a minimum above the maximum, are reported and not guessed. Targets are yours, not recommendations.
Sentences, paragraphs and other statistics
| Measure | Definition |
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| Characters | Unicode characters including spaces and line breaks; an emoji counts as one |
| Characters excluding spaces | The same, with all whitespace removed |
| Sentence | Text ending in . ! ? or … followed by whitespace, except after common abbreviations such as Dr. or e.g.; a blank line also ends one |
| Paragraph | Text separated by blank lines |
| Unique words | Distinct words, ignoring case |
Sentence detection is rule-based and tuned for English, so unusual abbreviations or unpunctuated lists can shift the count.
How these rules are checked
Every behaviour on this page is covered by automated tests, and the examples above were produced by the tool's own calculation code. If a rule changes, this page is updated and the date at the top changes.
Where your text goes
The calculation runs in your browser. See the FAQ for what is and is not stored.
Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a keyword count checker?
A keyword count checker counts how many times a word or phrase appears in a piece of text. Depending on the tool, it may also calculate keyword density and show where each match occurs.
How does keyword counting work?
The tool scans your text for each keyword and counts every non-overlapping match, ignoring case unless you choose otherwise. In whole-word mode, art is not counted inside article; the full rules are in the matching table above.
How is keyword density calculated?
Keyword density is the number of occurrences divided by the total number of words, multiplied by 100. Fourteen occurrences in 1,842 words is 0.76%.
Is there an ideal keyword density?
No ideal value is established, and this tool does not suggest one. Density describes your draft; use it to spot unusual repetition or absence, then judge by how the text reads.
Can I check multiple keywords?
Yes. Enter keywords or phrases separated by commas or new lines, up to 50, and each gets its own count, density, coverage and matches.
Can I check keyword phrases?
Yes. A phrase matches when all its words appear in order separated only by spaces or line breaks. Punctuation or a blank line between the words breaks the match.
Does keyword density affect rankings?
This site cannot show that it does, and it makes no ranking claims. Repeating terms unnaturally to influence search is covered by Google's spam policies on keyword stuffing.
Does the tool store my text?
No. The analysis runs in your browser, and this page sends your text nowhere, has no analytics and saves nothing. You can confirm this by watching the network tab in your browser's developer tools while you analyze.
What is keyword brief mode?
Keyword brief mode compares your draft with targets you set: a term, a minimum and a maximum number of mentions. The tool reports whether each count is below, within or above your target; it does not judge whether the target is a good one.
What is the difference between whole-word and partial matching?
Whole-word matching counts a term only as a complete word, so art is not counted inside article. Partial matching counts it anywhere inside a word, so art is also found in article, smart and start.
What is keyword frequency?
Keyword frequency is how often a keyword or phrase appears in a text; it is the same number as the keyword count. Density divides that number by the total words so texts of different lengths can be compared.
What is keyword stuffing, and is it bad?
Keyword stuffing is repeating a term so often that the text reads unnaturally. It makes writing harder to read, and Google's spam policies list it as a spam practice.
How do I count keywords in an article?
Paste the article into the tool, list the keywords separated by commas or new lines and press Check Keywords. Each keyword gets a count, a density and the sentences where it appears, so you can review usage before publishing.
Can I use this tool for SEO content?
Yes. Writers and editors can check how often target keywords appear in a draft, compare the counts with a keyword brief, and read each match in context. It measures the text, not how it will perform in search.
Is the tool free?
Yes. There is no charge and no sign-up.
Is there a limit on text length or number of keywords?
You can analyze up to 5,000,000 characters and 50 keywords or phrases at a time. Long texts are processed in the background so the page stays responsive.
Is matching case-sensitive?
Not by default: SEO, seo and Seo count as the same word. Tick the exact-case option to change that.
Can I copy or export the results?
Yes. The Copy results button copies the keyword table as tab-separated text that pastes into a spreadsheet.