Word Count
Count words, sentences, paragraphs, and characters in your text.
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About Word Count
Count words, sentences, paragraphs, and characters in your text. It runs entirely in your browser — no content you enter is ever sent to our servers or stored anywhere.
Free to use with no daily limits and no account required.
💡 Common Use Cases
- Check word count for essays, articles, and blog posts
- Ensure content meets word limits for job applications
- Estimate reading time for newsletters
- Verify academic paper length requirements
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Words are counted by splitting text on whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks). Hyphenated words count as one word.
Both — the tool shows total characters and characters without spaces as separate metrics.
Reading time is based on an average reading speed of 200 words per minute, typical for most adults.
Yes — sentences are detected by . ! ? punctuation. Paragraphs are detected by blank lines between text blocks.
Yes — the counter works with any Unicode text including Arabic, Chinese, and other non-Latin scripts.