Find Top Letters in Text

Want to see which letters appear most often in your writing? The Find Top Letters in Text Tool shows you the most frequently used letters from your input, ranked and counted live. Whether you’re analyzing writing style, tuning cryptography, or just curious about your letter habits, this tool gives you instant stats.

Paste your input above or import a file below.
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Supported file types: .txt, .csv, .tsv, .log, .json, .xml, .md, .ini, .yaml, .yml, .html, .htm, .css
Total letters: 0
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How to Use:

  1. Paste or type your content into the Input Text box.
  2. (Optional) Use Choose File to import a .txt, .csv, .json, .html, or other supported text-based file.
  3. In the Options box, set the number of top letters to return using Top N Letters (e.g. 10, 5, 20).
  4. The letter frequency result updates instantly in the Top Letters box.
  5. Click Copy Output to copy the result, or Export to File to download it as a .txt.
  6. Press Clear All to reset everything.

What Find Top Letters in Text Tool can do:

This tool counts every letter from A to Z (ignoring case and punctuation), ranks them by how often they appear, and returns the top results. It’s great for letter frequency analysis, content evaluation, and even substitution cipher prep. Results update as you type, and you can control how many letters are shown. Everything runs client-side for fast, secure analysis.

Example:

Input:

This is a sample sentence with repeated letters.

Top 5 Output:

e: 6
t: 4
s: 4
a: 3
l: 3

Common Use Cases:

Writers use it to check style balance, educators use it for language patterns, and puzzle creators rely on it to build frequency-based games. It’s also useful for cipher cracking, readability checks, or just exploring which letters dominate your text. Try changing the number of top letters to explore different depths of your analysis.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

If you’re expanding your analysis, Find Top Words in Text helps you identify the most frequently used terms in a larger body of content. And when you’re focusing on visual output, Highlight Letters in Text lets you draw attention to your top characters right in the original text great for readability studies or design tweaks.

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