How to use
- Type or paste any text — a single word, a sentence, or a longer passage — into the text area.
- The vowel count, consonant count, total letter count, and full letter frequency table update instantly as you type.
About this tool
In English, the vowels are the letters A, E, I, O, and U. The remaining 21 letters of the alphabet are consonants. The letter Y is treated as a consonant in this tool, though linguistically it sometimes functions as a vowel sound (as in "gym" or "fly"). Knowing the ratio of vowels to consonants in a word or passage is useful in several contexts: Scrabble players with vowel-heavy racks need to plan plays that will use them up; linguists and language learners analyse vowel density in different languages; teachers use letter frequency data to illustrate phonics patterns; and writers working with constrained forms sometimes need to know exactly what letters a passage contains. This tool gives you all of that at a glance.