Word Counter
Paste or type your text below to get instant statistics including word count, character count, and reading time.
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How the Word Counter Works
This free word counter analyzes your text in real time as you type. It provides a comprehensive set of statistics that writers, students, and content creators find useful every day.
What Gets Counted
- Words — Separated by spaces, line breaks, or tabs. Hyphenated words count as one word.
- Characters — Every character including spaces, punctuation, and special symbols.
- Characters (no spaces) — Character count excluding all whitespace characters.
- Sentences — Detected by periods, exclamation marks, and question marks.
- Paragraphs — Blocks of text separated by blank lines or line breaks.
- Reading Time — Estimated at an average reading speed of 225 words per minute.
Common Use Cases
Check if your tweet fits the character limit, verify essay word counts for school assignments, estimate how long your blog post will take to read, or track your daily writing output. The word counter works entirely in your browser, so your text stays private.