diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index d2107421..c3eaf75a 100755
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 * Added possibility to set any parameter to `geom_rsi` (and `ggplot_rsi`) so you can set your own preferences
 * Fix for joins, where predefined suffices would not be honoured
 * Added parameter `quote` to the `freq` function
+* Added longest en shortest character length in the frequency table (`freq`) header of class `character`
 * Support for types (classes) list and matrix for `freq`
   ```r
   my_matrix = with(septic_patients, matrix(c(age, sex), ncol = 2))
diff --git a/R/freq.R b/R/freq.R
index 978fb47d..28b3e1fe 100755
--- a/R/freq.R
+++ b/R/freq.R
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ frequency_tbl <- function(x,
     header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, 'Columns:   ', mult.columns)
   } else {
     header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, 'Class:     ', class(x) %>% rev() %>% paste(collapse = " > "))
+    if (!mode(x) %in% class(x)) {
+      header <- header %>% paste0(" (", mode(x), ")")
+    }
   }
 
   header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, '\nLength:    ', (NAs %>% length() + x %>% length()) %>% format(),
@@ -322,6 +325,12 @@ frequency_tbl <- function(x,
                               ' = ', (NAs %>% length() / (NAs %>% length() + x %>% length())) %>% percent(force_zero = TRUE, round = digits) %>% sub('NaN', '0', ., fixed = TRUE), ')')
   header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, '\nUnique:    ', x %>% n_distinct() %>% format())
 
+  if (NROW(x) > 0 & any(class(x) == "character")) {
+    header <- header %>% paste0('\n')
+    header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, '\nShortest:  ', x %>% base::nchar() %>% base::min(na.rm = TRUE))
+    header <- header %>% paste0(markdown_line, '\nLongest:   ', x %>% base::nchar() %>% base::max(na.rm = TRUE))
+  }
+
   if (NROW(x) > 0 & any(class(x) %in% c('double', 'integer', 'numeric', 'raw', 'single'))) {
     # right align number
     Tukey_five <- stats::fivenum(x, na.rm = TRUE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-freq.R b/tests/testthat/test-freq.R
index 4e747011..38918042 100755
--- a/tests/testthat/test-freq.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-freq.R
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ test_that("frequency table works", {
 
   # character
   expect_output(print(freq(septic_patients$mo)))
+  expect_output(print(freq(microorganisms$fullname)))
   # integer
   expect_output(print(freq(septic_patients$age)))
   # date
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ test_that("frequency table works", {
       top_freq(5) %>%
       length(),
     5)
-  # there're more than 5 lowest values
+  # there are more than 5 lowest values
   expect_gt(
     septic_patients %>%
       freq(mo) %>%