- What does the duplicate word remover do exactly?
- It scans your text from left to right and keeps the first occurrence of each word, removing all subsequent occurrences. The output preserves the original word order and spacing — only repeated words are removed. Punctuation attached to words (e.g. "word,") is treated as part of the token.
- What is the difference between case-sensitive and case-insensitive mode?
- In case-insensitive mode (default), "Hello", "hello", and "HELLO" are treated as the same word — only the first occurrence is kept. In case-sensitive mode, they are treated as different words and all three are retained. Use case-insensitive for most natural language text and case-sensitive for code or technical strings.
- Can I use this to remove duplicate items from a list?
- Yes. Paste a comma-separated or newline-separated list and the duplicate word remover will remove repeated items. For comma-separated lists, note that commas attached to words affect matching — you may need to clean up punctuation first.
- Does it remove duplicate lines or just duplicate words?
- This tool removes duplicate individual words throughout the text. For removing duplicate lines (entire lines that are identical), paste the text and switch to a line-deduplication tool. The two operations serve different use cases.
- Will the tool change the order of my words?
- No. The tool preserves the original word order — it just removes later occurrences of words that have already appeared. The first occurrence of each word always stays in its original position.
- What counts as a "word" in this tool?
- A word is any sequence of non-whitespace characters. This means punctuation attached to a word (e.g. "example," or "example.") is treated as part of the word. "example," and "example" would be kept as two different words. Strip punctuation first if you want them treated as identical.
- Can I use this to deduplicate SEO keyword lists?
- Yes, this is one of the most popular use cases. Paste a list of keywords (one per line or space-separated) and the tool removes exact duplicates. Enable case-insensitive mode to also remove duplicates that differ only in capitalisation.