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A word counter tells you how many words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs are in a piece of text — useful for hitting a length target or checking against a limit before you submit or post something.
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Yes — there's no paywall, no watermark, and no sign-up required.
It assumes an average reading speed of 200 words per minute and divides your word count by that. Actual reading speed varies a lot by person and by how dense the text is, so treat this as a rough guide, not a precise figure.
Sentences are estimated by looking for periods, question marks, and exclamation points followed by a space. That trips up on abbreviations like "Mr." or "e.g.", and on decimal numbers like "3.14" — each of those can get counted as an extra sentence break even though they aren't one.
Not directly — this tool only counts text you type or paste in. Copy the text out of your PDF or Word document first, then paste it here to get a count.
No — everything happens in your browser. Nothing you type is ever uploaded or sent anywhere, and refreshing the page clears it.
Any time text needs to fit inside a number, this catches it before you submit or post.
Check you're within a word count minimum or maximum before submitting.
Keep an eye on character count before posting somewhere with a hard limit.
Trim down to a target length for a form field with a strict limit.
Yes — there's no paywall, no watermark, and no sign-up required.
Not directly — this tool only counts text you type or paste in. Copy the text out of your PDF or Word document first, then paste it here.
It's a simple estimate based on periods, question marks, and exclamation points followed by a space — abbreviations like "Mr." or decimal numbers like "3.14" can throw it off by counting as extra sentence breaks.
It assumes an average reading speed of 200 words per minute. Actual reading speed varies a lot by person and by how dense the text is, so treat it as a rough estimate.
No. Everything happens in your browser — nothing you type is ever uploaded or sent anywhere.
Word counting works for any language that separates words with spaces, since it counts whitespace-separated words regardless of script. Sentence detection is tuned around English punctuation patterns.