Paste a draft to see which words you lean on too often and where you typed a word twice in a row.
The tool counts every word, ignoring case if you wish, and lists those that appear more than once, most frequent first. Short words and common function words can be skipped so that the report focuses on content words you may be overusing.
A second pass looks for the same word typed twice in a row, such as the the or is is. These are the typos that spell checkers miss and that readers notice immediately.
By default words under three letters and common words like the and and are skipped, since they are supposed to repeat. Turn those filters off to see everything.
No. Run and running are counted separately because the tool compares exact words rather than stems.
It focuses on single words. For repeated phrases, search for a suspicious phrase with the Find and Replace tool to count how often it appears.