Count every letter in your text and see a live A–Z frequency breakdown. Uppercase and lowercase are combined, so you get an accurate picture of which letters appear most often — useful for puzzles, cryptography, Scrabble analysis, and writing research.
Letter counts update live. A–Z only — numbers and symbols are ignored.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Letter Counter?
A Letter Counter tallies how many times each letter A–Z appears in a piece of text and shows the results as a frequency breakdown. Unlike a general character counter, it focuses specifically on alphabetic letters and ignores numbers, spaces, and punctuation.
Are uppercase and lowercase counted separately?
No. The tool combines uppercase and lowercase into a single count per letter. An uppercase A and a lowercase a both contribute to the total for A. This gives you a cleaner frequency picture regardless of how the text is capitalised.
What counts as a vowel?
The five standard English vowels — A, E, I, O, and U — are counted as vowels. All other alphabetic letters are counted as consonants. Y is treated as a consonant unless you are analysing it separately in a specialised context.
Can I use this for Scrabble or word puzzles?
Yes. Paste your rack letters or a word to see how many of each letter it contains. For finding words from a set of letters, pair this with the Anagram Solver or Word Unscrambler.
How is the most frequent letter determined?
The tool counts every A–Z letter in your text and identifies the letter with the highest total. If two or more letters tie for the top count, the earliest in the alphabet is shown — for example, E is shown over T if both appear equally often.
How is this different from the Character Counter?
The Character Counter counts all characters — letters, digits, spaces, and punctuation — and gives type totals. The Letter Counter goes deeper on alphabetic letters alone, showing a per-letter frequency grid for detailed analysis.
Is my text stored or sent anywhere?
No. All counting runs entirely in your browser. Your text never leaves your device and is not stored on any server.
Is this tool free and does it work on mobile?
Yes on both counts. The Letter Counter on draft21 is completely free with no account or sign-up required and works on phones, tablets, and desktops.