Does Extract Words upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: ASCII words, lowercased, unique, first-seen order. Max 200,000 characters.

Should I use Word Frequency instead of Extract Words?

Use Extract Words when you need List unique words, lowercased. Use Word Frequency when you need Count how often each word appears. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

Extract Words

List unique words, lowercased.

ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe.

What Extract Words does

ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe.

The interactive controls for Extract Words load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /extract-words is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Extract Words.

How to use Extract Words

Keep this tab on Extract Words (/extract-words). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Word Frequency) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract Words expects. Path hint: extract words. List unique words, lowercased.
Apply the Extract Words action only. Word Counter is a different transform (Count words, characters, lines, and UTF-8 bytes.). ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe.
Copy the output of Extract Words if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: ASCII words, lowercased, unique, first-seen order. Max 200,000 characters.
If the text job is actually Count how often each word appears., leave Extract Words and open Word Frequency.

When not to use Extract Words

Skip Extract Words when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Word Frequency or Word Counter — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe.

Questions about Extract Words

What does Extract Words do that other Text pages on this site do not?: ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe. Short version: List unique words, lowercased.
Does Extract Words upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract Words runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: ASCII words, lowercased, unique, first-seen order. Max 200,000 characters.
Should I use Word Frequency instead of Extract Words?: Use Extract Words when you need List unique words, lowercased. Use Word Frequency when you need Count how often each word appears. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract Words?: ASCII words, lowercased, unique, first-seen order. Max 200,000 characters. Also: ASCII letter tokens, first-seen order. Counts are not shown. Unlike Word Frequency this is a unique list. Contractions keep an apostrophe.