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Hermetic Word Frequency Counter
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There are two versions of this software: basic and advanced.
Click on this link for the Advanced Version (which also counts phrases).

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trial version
This software scans a text file, or text on the clipboard, and counts the number of occurrences of the different words (optionally ignoring common words such as this). The words which are found can be listed alphabetically or by frequency, with rank and frequency displayed for each word.

This software acts on ANSI text and text-like files (including HTML and XML files). It does not act directly on MS-Word .doc files, which are binary files; such files can be scanned if saved as "Plain Text" files (see Scannable Files).

The Advanced Version of this software does everything that this version does (and in addition has the ability to count words in multiple files and the ability to count phrases as well as words, with pattern matching). Thus the user manual for this basic version should be regarded as Part One of the user manual for the Advanced Version (but note that the appearance of the main window and of the 'Set parameters' window differ somewhat in the two versions).

Here is a typical screenshot, showing the results of ascertaining word frequencies in a 248 KB text file, with common words such as 'the' ignored and with the words sorted by frequency:

Hermetic Word Frequency Counter screenshot

The program counts the frequencies of all (non-common) words in the file. If you just want to know how many times a single word occurs (or words in a set of words, or words matching a given pattern) then you can do this with the Advanced Version of this program.

The 'rank' and 'frequency' values may each be included in, or excluded from, the displayed results.

If the output file consists only of words, with no rank or frequency values, then you can get these either as a list (one word per line) or as comma-separated. This is done by making the appropriate selection in the Display format drop-down menu.

User Manual

There are two versions of this software: basic and advanced. Click on the following link for the Advanced Version (which also counts phrases).

If your interest in word-counting software is more for producing keywords meta tags for HTML documents then see Keywords Meta Tag Generator and the Advanced Version.

If you are more interested in searching a file or multiple files for a particular word or phrase then see Index Files Search Words.

Trial version: A copy of the Hermetic Word Frequency Counter installation program can be downloaded for the purpose of evaluation. Click on the following link for further information:

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Price and ordering: A single-user license is available for a period of 3 months, 1 year or with no time limit (a 'perpetual' license). Prices for each type of license are given at Purchase a User License. An activation key is required in order to make the trial version fully functional. An activation key can be obtained immediately if purchasing via PayPal.

Refund: A refund will be provided promptly up to 30 days after purchase if the software does not perform satisfactorily.

Updates: Purchasers of a user license for this software are entitled to an update to any later version at no additional cost.

Upgrading to the Advanced Version: Purchasers of a perpetual user license for this software may upgrade to a perpetual license for Hermetic Word Frequency Counter Advanced Version by paying $26.25, €19.25 or £16.25 (excluding any sales tax). To purchase the upgrade click on one of the links below. Note that this is available only if a perpetual single-user license for Hermetic Word Frequency Counter has already been purchased.

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