Count words, characters, and text length instantly.
Paste your text and quickly check word count, character count, and basic writing metrics.
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimate reading time.
Start typing or paste your text to see the metrics.
Word counters are handy whenever a piece of writing has a length target: meta descriptions capped at around 160 characters, tweets, college essays, product descriptions, or magazine articles. Seeing the count update as you write keeps you focused and avoids last-minute trimming.
Use the character count to fine-tune titles and snippets, and the sentence and paragraph counts as a quick readability signal — very long paragraphs often benefit from being split. Combine these numbers with a careful read-through; metrics are a guide, not a substitute for editing.
As you type or paste text, the tool splits the content by whitespace to count words and tallies characters, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Everything runs in your browser — there is no waiting for a server.
Numbers count as words when they are separated by spaces (for example, "2024" is one word). Punctuation marks are included in the character count but do not add to the word total on their own.
It is useful for essays, articles, social posts, ad copy, SEO snippets, and anywhere you need to respect a word or character limit. Writers, students, marketers, and translators often rely on it to plan and review their texts.
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