Word Counters
Word Counter
Paste or type text and the counter shows words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and an estimated reading time as you edit.
Text statistics
22
Words
134
Characters
113
No spaces
2
Sentences
1
Paragraphs
1 min
Reading time
Reading time assumes about 200 words per minute. Everything is counted in your browser — the text is never uploaded or stored.
About this tool
A free word counter for quick writing checks. It counts words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and paragraphs, and estimates reading time at about 200 words per minute — updating live as you type. Everything happens in your browser. The text you paste is analysed locally and never uploaded or stored, which makes it safe for drafts, essays, and anything you would rather not send to a server.
What the counts mean
Words are runs of non-space characters, so hyphenated terms count as one and a trailing space changes nothing. Characters come in two flavours: the full count including spaces and line breaks, which matches most form and social limits, and the count excluding whitespace, which some style guides and typesetters prefer. Both are shown so you do not have to guess which a given limit means.
Sentences are counted by terminal punctuation — periods, question marks, and exclamation points — with runs like "?!" treated as a single ending. Paragraphs are blocks separated by a blank line. These are deliberately simple, transparent rules; they are accurate for ordinary prose and easy to predict, rather than a black box that guesses at structure.
Reading time and when to trust it
Reading time divides the word count by 200 words per minute, a common average for adult silent reading, and rounds up to the next whole minute. It is a planning estimate for blog posts, scripts, and presentations, not a precise measure — dense technical text reads slower and familiar light text reads faster, so treat it as a ballpark.
Because the tool counts live, it doubles as a target tracker: watch the word count climb toward an essay minimum or shrink under a meta-description limit without leaving the page or running anything externally.
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Questions
- Is the word counter free and private?
- Yes. It is free, needs no account, and runs entirely in your browser. The text never leaves your device — nothing is uploaded or stored.
- How are words counted?
- A word is any run of characters separated by whitespace, so multiple spaces or line breaks between words do not inflate the count and a hyphenated term counts as one word.
- How is reading time estimated?
- Word count divided by 200 words per minute, rounded up to a whole minute. It is a planning estimate; actual speed varies with difficulty and familiarity.
- Does it count characters with or without spaces?
- Both. It shows the full character count including spaces (what most form and social limits use) and the count with whitespace removed.