Online Journalism Tool of the Day: WordCounter

Do you ever feel like you habitually include the same words in your writing? (I know I’m prone to overuse of the words “likely,” “amazing,” and others). Make sure your writing isn’t redundant or boring with WordCounter, a tool that examines your writing for frequently used words.

To begin, enter your text in the search box on the WordCounter front page. You can choose to exclude or include small words like “the” or “it” and limit the number of results.

 
The results are displayed in descending order, with the most frequently used word at the top of the list.