Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs instantly. You can also see an estimated reading time.
Reading time is an estimate based on approximately 200 words per minute.
What Is a Word Counter?
A word counter is an online tool that analyzes written text and provides basic statistics such as the number of words and characters. It can make it easier to check the length of an article, document, essay or other written content.
Instead of manually counting every word, you can paste your text into the tool and receive the result instantly.
How to Use the Word Counter
- Enter or paste your text into the text box.
- The statistics update automatically while you type.
- Review the word, character, sentence and paragraph counts.
- Use the Copy Text button when you need to copy the entered text.
- Select Clear to remove the text and start again.
What Does the Tool Count?
Words
The word count estimates how many separate words are present in the entered text.
Characters
Character count includes letters, numbers, punctuation, spaces and other characters contained in the text.
Characters Without Spaces
This count excludes whitespace characters such as spaces, tabs and line breaks.
Sentences
The tool estimates sentence count by looking for common sentence-ending punctuation such as periods, question marks and exclamation marks.
Paragraphs
Paragraph count is based on separate non-empty blocks of text divided by line breaks.
Why Is Word Counting Useful?
Word counts can be useful when a writing task has a recommended length or when you want to quickly understand the size of a piece of content. Writers, students, editors and website owners may all use word-counting tools as part of their workflow.
Is My Text Uploaded to a Server?
This tool is designed to perform its counting functions directly in your browser. The page does not need to send the text to a server simply to calculate the statistics shown by the tool.
Word Counter FAQ
Common questions about the online Word Counter.
Yes. The Word Counter is available to use without a paid subscription.
Yes. It shows both total characters and characters excluding spaces.
Yes. The statistics are updated automatically as you type or paste text.
Yes. The Word Counter is designed to work on smartphones, tablets and desktop browsers.