Six Counts at Once
Words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and reading time, all visible together.
◆ WORD AND CHARACTER COUNTER
Six numbers that decide whether a text fits: words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and how long it takes to read. All of them update as you type.
What the tool does
Meta descriptions, tweets, abstracts, essays and application forms all come with a number attached, and each of them counts something slightly different.
Words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and reading time, all visible together.
Numbers change with every keystroke, so you can trim a sentence and watch it fit.
Write directly in the box or paste text in from a document, an e-mail or a form.
An estimate in minutes, which is the figure blogs and presentations usually care about.
The analysis runs in your browser; your text is not uploaded to a server.
The tool is available in English, Turkish, German, Spanish and French.
How it works
No button to press and no result to wait for.
The page loads with an empty text area and all counters at zero.
Write your text or paste it in. Every counter updates immediately.
Trim or expand the text while watching the figure you care about, then clear the box when you are done.
What you can count
The tool works with the text itself, not with files.
Draft directly in the page while keeping an eye on the limit you are writing towards.
Bring in text from a document, e-mail, form or web page to measure it.
Clear the box between texts so counts never carry over from the previous one.
Use cases
Somebody almost always set a limit before you started writing.
Keep a page title or meta description inside the length search engines will actually display.
Hit a word count without pasting into a word processor to check.
Fit a post into a character limit before you publish it.
Use the reading time estimate to judge whether an article is the right length.
Privacy and responsible use
Drafts are often confidential long before they are published, which is why counting them should not require sending them anywhere.
⚠ Good to know
Different software counts differently. A hyphenated compound may be one word here and two elsewhere, and some tools ignore numbers or punctuation entirely. When a hard limit matters, such as an application form, verify against the system that will actually enforce it.
Sentence and paragraph counts rely on ordinary punctuation and line breaks. Abbreviations with full stops, bullet lists and text pasted without paragraph breaks can shift those two figures, while word and character counts stay reliable.
Frequently asked questions
Words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and an estimated reading time in minutes.
No. The text is analysed directly in your browser and is not sent to a server.
No. All figures update automatically as you type or paste.
Not directly. Copy the text out of the document and paste it into the counter.
From the word count using an average reading speed, so treat it as an estimate rather than a precise figure.
No fixed limit. Very long texts depend on your browser, but ordinary articles and essays pose no problem.
Paste or type your text and watch words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time update instantly.
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