Vowel & Consonant Counter

It's counted as a consonant here, since "y" only sometimes functions as a vowel sound depending on context (e.g. "myth" vs. "yellow") and there's no simple rule that correctly classifies every case — treating it consistently as a consonant is the more common convention for a straightforward letter-count tool like this.

Anything that isn't a letter (a-z), a digit (0-9), or whitespace — so punctuation, symbols, and non-Latin-script characters all fall into this category.

No — the text is lowercased before counting, so "A" and "a" are counted identically as the same vowel, and the frequency charts reflect total occurrences regardless of the original capitalization.

With 21 possible consonants, showing every single one (including rare ones like "q" or "x" that might appear 0-1 times) would clutter the chart — limiting it to the top 10 by frequency keeps the visualization focused on the letters that actually matter most for your text.

Common uses include cryptography/cipher analysis (letter frequency is a classic tool for breaking substitution ciphers), linguistics coursework, word game strategy (like Scrabble or Wordle), and general curiosity about a text's letter composition.