Word Counter
Word Counter reports the word, character, sentence and paragraph totals for whatever you type or paste, plus an estimated reading time, refreshing a fraction of a second after you stop typing.
Processing limit: 200,000 characters. Analysis is debounced.
- Words
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- Characters (no spaces)
- 0
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Reading time
- 0 min
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box
- Stats update live as you type
- Read the word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts
Words are runs of non-whitespace, so a hyphenated term or a contraction each count once. Sentences are found by looking for a period, exclamation mark or question mark followed by a space or the end of the text, which also treats "Dr." or "3.14" as sentence ends, so the figure is an estimate. Paragraphs are blocks separated by a blank line. The characters-with-spaces number is the raw string length, so an emoji or other character outside the basic plane adds two. Reading time is the word count divided by 200 words per minute, rounded up, with a floor of one minute. The box holds up to 200,000 characters and nothing you type leaves the page.
FAQ
Sentences are detected from periods, exclamation marks and question marks, so an abbreviation ("e.g.", "Dr.") or a decimal number is read as the end of a sentence. Treat the figure as an estimate.
The characters-with-spaces figure is the string's code-unit length. That matches most limits for plain Latin text, but an emoji or other character outside the basic plane counts as two.
Word count divided by 200 words per minute, rounded up, with a floor of one minute. It is a rough guide and is not adjusted for the text's difficulty or language.