There are five vowel letters in English, and then there is Y. It behaves as a vowel in gym, sky and myth and as a consonant in yellow, and no amount of argument has settled it. So this counter makes it a switch and always shows how many Y your text contains, whichever way you count them.
Vowel Counter
Count the vowels in any text, with a switch for the only question that matters: whether Y counts. It is a vowel in gym, sky and myth and a consonant in yellow, and English has never settled it, so the tool asks rather than deciding for you. Nothing is uploaded.
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What the Vowel Counter does
You decide about Y
Y is a vowel in gym, sky and myth and a consonant in yellow. English has never settled it, so the tool offers a switch and always reports how many Y there are either way, rather than quietly making the choice for you.
Each vowel counted separately
A, E, I, O and U are listed individually with their share of all vowels, which is the breakdown phonics teaching and word puzzles actually need.
The vowel to consonant ratio
Reported alongside the totals. English runs at roughly two consonants to every vowel, so a passage well away from that is doing something unusual, deliberately or otherwise.
Nothing is uploaded
Counting runs in your browser using local JavaScript. Your text is never sent to our server, never stored and never passed to any third party. Disconnect from the internet and it still works.
Vowel Counter questions
How do I count the vowels in a word or a passage?
Paste or type it above. The vowel count appears immediately, with consonants, total letters and a breakdown of how often each individual vowel appears.
Is Y a vowel?
Sometimes, which is why this tool makes it a switch. Y acts as a vowel in gym, sky, myth and happy, and as a consonant in yellow and beyond. The usual teaching is that the five vowels are A, E, I, O and U, with Y as a sixth that sometimes joins them. Whichever you choose, the number of Y in your text is always shown.
How many vowels are in the English alphabet?
Five as letters: A, E, I, O and U, with Y sometimes counted as a sixth. Spoken English has many more vowel sounds than that, somewhere around twenty depending on the accent, which is why spelling and pronunciation line up so poorly.
What is a normal vowel to consonant ratio?
Ordinary English runs at roughly two consonants for every vowel, so a vowel share near forty per cent of letters is unremarkable. A passage well outside that is usually doing something deliberate, which is what makes the figure worth looking at.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. Everything is counted in your browser by local JavaScript. Your text is never sent to our server, never written to a database and never passed to any third party or AI service. Disconnect from the internet and the tool still works.
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