tools/text/word counter
// textnew

word counter

characters, words, lines, reading time

// client-only — paste text to start
0 characters
0 no spaces
0 words
0 lines
0 sentences
0 paragraphs
0 min read

// about this tool

The word counter analyses the text you type and tracks seven statistics in real time: total characters, characters excluding spaces, word count, line count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time at an average 200 words per minute. All processing happens in your browser without any network requests.

// when to use

  • Check that a blog post or article meets a target word count before publishing
  • Verify that a meta description or tweet stays within the character limit
  • Estimate how long a script or presentation will take to read aloud
  • Count lines in a log snippet or config file without opening a terminal

// faq

How is "word" defined?
A word is any sequence of non-whitespace characters separated by whitespace. Hyphenated compounds (e.g. "well-known") count as one word.
How is reading time calculated?
The estimate uses 200 words per minute, which is a typical silent reading speed for adults. Actual speed varies by reader and content complexity.
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