I came across this methodology. It will count strings, but also as part of words.
Option Compare Text Sub CountOccurences() Dim MyDoc As String, txt As String, t As String MyDoc = ActiveDocument.Range.Text txt = InputBox("Text to find") t = Replace(MyDoc, txt, "") MsgBox (Len(MyDoc) - Len(t)) / Len(txt) & " occurrences of " & txt End Sub