What is Word Cloud Generator?

Word Cloud Generator turns any block of text into a colorful word cloud where the most frequent words appear largest. Customize fonts, color schemes, and layout shape. Download the result as PNG or SVG for presentations, reports, or social media graphics.

The generator counts each word, filters out common stop words (the, and, of, etc.), and uses d3-cloud to position the rest so they fit without overlap. Word size scales with frequency. You can constrain the cloud to a rectangle, circle, or heart, pick from several preset color palettes, and add your own stop words to drop branded terms or filler from the visualization.

How to use

1. Paste or type your text into the input area (articles, survey responses, book chapters — any text works).
2. Adjust settings: max words, color palette, font, and minimum word frequency. Optionally add stop words to exclude.
3. Click Generate to create the cloud, then download it as PNG or SVG.

When to use

• Summarising open-ended survey answers when 200 free-text responses need a single chart.
• Visualising the most common terms in a long article, transcript, or book chapter.
• Making a fun graphic for a wedding, retirement card, or team retrospective using submitted words.

Result

You have 500 customer feedback responses and want to visualize trending themes. Paste all the text, set max words to 100, choose a blue gradient palette, and generate a cloud that instantly highlights 'delivery', 'quality', and 'price' as the dominant topics.

FAQ

How are word sizes calculated?

Size scales linearly with raw frequency between the least and most common qualifying word. The biggest word is roughly 70px and the smallest is 12px, so a word that appears 50 times will dwarf one that appears 2 times even after stop words are removed.

Why is my cloud missing common words like 'the' or 'and'?

A built-in English stop word list removes about 150 high-frequency filler words so they don't dominate the picture. You can extend the list in the stop words input to also drop project names, branded terms, or anything else you don't want shown.

Does it work for non-English text?

Partially. The word-splitting handles any Unicode script, so Chinese, Arabic, and Cyrillic text will render correctly. The built-in stop word list is English-only though, so you'll want to add common particles or articles in the stop words field for other languages.

Why do I get different layouts each time I generate?

d3-cloud places words using a randomised spiral, so two runs of identical text produce visually different arrangements even though the words and sizes are the same. Hit generate a few times until the composition looks balanced.

Can I exclude very rare words from the cloud?

Yes. The minimum frequency setting drops any word that appears fewer than N times. Setting it to 3 or 4 removes one-off mentions and keeps only words that genuinely recur, which usually makes the cloud easier to read.

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