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Word & Character Counter

Count words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and lines, plus an estimated reading time. Live, private and accurate for any text.

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About this tool

Paste or type any text to instantly see its word count, character counts (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and lines, along with an estimated reading time.

Counting is Unicode-aware, so emoji and accented characters are measured correctly. Everything happens as you type, entirely in your browser.

Examples

  • Check a tweet or post stays under a character limit
  • Measure an essay's word count and reading time
  • Count lines in a list before pasting elsewhere

Frequently asked questions

How is a "word" defined?

A word is any run of non-whitespace characters. Text is split on spaces, tabs and line breaks.

How is reading time estimated?

Reading time assumes an average reading speed of about 200 words per minute, rounded up to the nearest minute.

Is there a length limit?

For performance, very large inputs are capped at 100,000 characters. That is more than enough for articles and documents.

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