Hi Alexa,
You can easily count how many times the same word appears in a column in
Microsoft Excel by using the
COUNTIF function. Here are the steps:
- Select the cell where you want to display the count of the first word.
- Type the formula
Formula:
=COUNTIF(A:A,A1)
in the formula bar and press Enter. This will count how many times the word in cell A1 appears in column A. - Copy the formula down to the rest of the cells in the column by dragging the fill handle (the small square at the bottom right corner of the cell) down to the last cell you want to count.
- Now you have the count of each word in the column. You can sort the words based on how many times they appear by selecting the entire table (including the headers), going to the Data tab, and clicking on the Sort button. Choose the column with the counts as the sorting criteria and select either ascending or descending order.
That's it! You now have a sorted list of words with their corresponding counts. Let me know if you need any further assistance.