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How to Calculate the Percentage of Words in an Article

Calculating the number of times a single word occurs in a document helps you figure out the keyword density and aids in determining page rank for a website in search engines. It can help you broaden your vocabulary, by pointing out repetitious use a word. By following a few simple steps, you can find out the percentage a word occurs in a single document.

Things You'll Need

  • Calculator or pen and paper
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Instructions

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      Count the number of words in the document. If the document is on a computer, you can use a word counter within the word processing software, download software or copy and paste the text to a website with the ability to determine word count.

    • 2

      Count the number of times the specific word you are analyzing appears in the document.

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      Divide the number of occurrences by the number of words in the document. For example, "word" occurs 14 times in this 212-word article. So, 14 divided by 212 equals .066

    • 4

      Move the decimal over two spaces, or multiply by 100, to determine the percent. In this example, .066 becomes 6.6 percent.

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