A standard exact search fails to match "café" against a search for "cafe," or "Hello" against "hello" if case matters to the search method being used. This tool normalizes both the search term and the text before comparing, so those differences don't cause a missed match.
It strips accents, ignores case, and collapses extra whitespace on both sides of the comparison, then highlights every match it finds along with a total count.
This is useful when searching multilingual content, user-generated text with inconsistent formatting, or any situation where a strict exact-match search would miss results a human would consider the same.
Because everything runs locally in your browser, results appear instantly and nothing you type or upload is ever sent to a server.
Bookmark this page if you expect to use this tool regularly — it loads fast and behaves the same way every time, with no account needed.
This kind of task shows up constantly in everyday writing, coding, design, and admin work, which is exactly why a dedicated, focused tool saves so much back-and-forth.
A tool that does one job well, without a cluttered interface or unrelated features competing for attention, tends to be faster to use than a heavier all-in-one app.
If you find yourself needing this conversion or calculation often, keeping this page open in a tab is usually faster than digging through a bigger software suite's menus.
Because there's no sign-up or installation step, you can jump straight from search result to working tool in a couple of seconds.
Frequently asked questions
Why would I need this instead of Ctrl+F?
Your browser's built-in find feature is usually case-insensitive but doesn't ignore accents — searching "cafe" won't find "café" with a standard browser search, but will with this tool.
Does this support partial word matches?
Yes, it matches the search term as a substring anywhere within the text, not just whole-word matches.