Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in your text in real time, without sending it to a server.
A word counter analyzes the text you type or paste and shows, in real time, the number of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs. It's useful for keeping within character limits on social media, essays, ads and academic work — many platforms and forms enforce a hard limit, and going over by even a few characters can mean your text gets cut off or rejected.
How to use
- Paste or type your text into the box above.
- Watch the counts update automatically as you type.
- Use the estimated reading time to gauge how long your text feels.
Worked example
A short promotional paragraph — "Digital marketing has changed how small businesses connect with customers. Today, a well-planned post can reach thousands of people at no cost at all. But that takes consistency! Are you ready for that shift?" — comes to 34 words, 208 characters (175 without spaces), and 4 sentences. That fits comfortably within X's (formerly Twitter) 280-character limit, but would already exceed a 200-character limit used by some short-description forms.
Frequently asked questions
Is the text I paste sent to a server?
No. All counting happens locally in your browser; the text never leaves your computer.
How is reading time calculated?
We use an average of 200 words per minute, a common reading pace for adults on ordinary text.
Does the counter tell sentences apart when abbreviations are used?
Sentence counting relies on punctuation (., !, ?) and can be thrown off by abbreviations or acronyms.
Why is the character count with and without spaces different?
Because some platform limits count spaces as characters (like X/Twitter) and others don't. Showing both counts saves you from having to figure out manually which one applies to your case.
Why is my paragraph count different from what I expected?
The count treats a line break as a paragraph separator. If you pasted text from an editor that uses double spacing between paragraphs, or that inserts extra line breaks within the same paragraph, the number may not match what you saw in the original document.
Does the word counter work the same way for text in other languages?
Word and character counting works for any language that uses spaces to separate words, including accented and special characters. Languages that don't use spaces between words, like Japanese or Chinese, aren't counted the same way, since the concept of a "word" in those languages isn't based on spacing.