Tool for counting groups of words and phrases in a text. Groups of size N words can be detected with the phrase counter to avoid repetition.
Phrase Counter - dCode
Tag(s) : Data Processing
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Phrase Counter
Phrase Counter / Frequency Calculator
Answers to Questions (FAQ)
How to count repetitions in a text?
To count sentences or phrases or groups of words in a text, the easiest way is to get help from a computer. dCode standardizes words (deletion of accents and diacritics) and generates all groups of size N before counting apparitions frequency.
Example: In the sentence dCode counts words and dCode counts phrases, the word group dCode counts appears twice.
How to remove repetitions in a text?
To improve the reading of a text, involuntary repetitions (excluding style figures) should be avoided. Generate the list of repeated portions with this dCode counter and try to replace some of them with synonyms.
What is the size of a group of words or phrase?
Generally, sets of words are of size 2 to 4. The sentences comprise between 10 and 12 words on average in English.
How to detect duplicate content?
There is no strict limit, but from a group of 10 or more consecutive identical words, it may be considered plagiarism or duplicate content.
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