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Word Counter
Paste or type your text to see the word count instantly, along with characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, reading time, speaking time and your ten most frequent words. Everything updates as you write.
- Words
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- Characters without spaces
- 0
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Reading time
- 0
- Speaking time
- 0
Top words
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How to use
- Type or paste your text into the box. A full essay or article works fine.
- Read the figures: words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, reading and speaking time.
- Check the top words list to spot repetitions, and edit until you reach your target length.
Examples
- Before
- It's a well-known fact: 3 out of 4 readers skim. They read the first line, then leave. Don't make them work for it.
- After
- Words: 24 Characters: 115 (93 without spaces) Sentences: 3 · Paragraphs: 2 Reading time: 7 s · Speaking time: 12 s
What each figure means
- Words: the number of words, including numbers.
- Characters: every visible character plus spaces and line breaks. An emoji such as 👍🏽 or an accented letter typed as two code points counts as one character, the way a person would count it.
- Characters without spaces: the same, minus spaces, tabs and line breaks. Some translation agencies and publishers quote prices per character without spaces.
- Sentences and paragraphs: see the FAQ above for the exact rules.
- Reading time and speaking time: how long the text takes to read silently or to say out loud.
- Top words: the ten words you used most often, ignoring case. Numbers are left out of this list.
Common length limits
| Where | Limit |
|---|---|
| Meta description | about 155 characters before Google shortens it |
| Page title | about 60 characters |
| X (Twitter) post | 280 characters on a free account |
| Instagram caption | 2,200 characters |
| LinkedIn post | 3,000 characters |
| College application essay (Common App) | 650 words |
Character limits on social networks count spaces, so use the plain character figure for them. Word limits for essays and abstracts are usually checked with Word’s counter; see the FAQ for why it can differ by a few words.
Common mistakes
- Counting with spaces when the limit excludes them, or the other way round. Check which figure your editor, client or form uses.
- Trusting reading time for technical text. Code, formulas and dense legal text read far slower than 228 words per minute. Treat the figure as a minimum.
- Ignoring repeated words. If the same word appears three times in the top list of a short text, vary it: readers notice repetition before they notice length.
- Pasting from a PDF with hard line breaks. Every line counts as a paragraph. Remove line breaks first if the paragraph count matters.
Frequently asked questions
How are words counted?
Words are found with the Unicode word-boundary rules built into your browser for the page language. Contractions such as "it's" and "don't" count as one word, numbers like "3" count as words, and the parts of a hyphenated word count separately, so "well-known" is two words. Punctuation and emoji are not words.
Why is my count different from Microsoft Word?
Word counts everything between spaces as one word, so "well-known", "e-mail" and "3/4" are one word each there, and two words each here. For essays with many hyphenated compounds, expect this counter to show a few more words.
How is reading time calculated?
Reading time assumes 228 words per minute, the average silent reading speed of adult native English speakers measured in a 17-language study of reading speed (Trauzettel-Klosinski and Dietz, 2012). Speaking time assumes 130 words per minute, a calm presentation pace. Both are rounded up to the next second.
What counts as a sentence and a paragraph?
A sentence ends at a period, question mark or exclamation mark followed by a space and a new word, using the Unicode sentence rules built into your browser. A period followed by a lowercase word, as in "e.g. this", does not end a sentence, but a title followed by a name does: "Mr. Smith arrived." counts as two sentences. A paragraph is any line with text on it, as in Word and Google Docs, so empty lines between paragraphs do not add to the count.
Is my text saved or uploaded?
No. Counting happens in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere, which matters for unpublished essays, contracts and manuscripts. The last text is kept only in this browser so a reload does not lose it; press Clear to remove it.