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Word & Character Counter

Count words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and estimated reading time as you type. Your text stays in your browser.

How to use

Word & Character Counter in three steps

  1. 01

    Paste or type your text into the editor.

  2. 02

    Watch every count update as you type.

  3. 03

    Copy the stats, or clear the editor to start again.

FAQ

Good to know

We use an average silent reading speed of 238 words per minute and round to the nearest minute (with a minimum of one minute).

A run of text ending in a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark — or the end of the text. Common abbreviations may be counted as sentence ends.

No. The tool runs inside this browser tab. Your input is processed in memory on your device and is gone when you close the tab.

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