Word Counter

The tool trims your text and counts runs of non-space characters, so hyphenated terms and contractions count as one word — the same way most editors and word processors do. Counts update live as you type or paste, with no button to press.

Characters with spaces is the total length of your text, including every space, tab and line break — this is what platforms with a character limit usually count. Characters without spaces strips all whitespace first. Both are shown so you can meet whichever limit applies.

Reading time divides your word count by an average silent-reading speed of 225 words per minute; speaking time uses 130 words per minute, a common pace for presentations and voice-overs. They’re estimates to help you size content, not exact stopwatch figures.

Sentences are counted by their terminating punctuation — periods, question marks, exclamation points and ellipses — with runs like “?!” treated as one ending. Paragraphs are blocks of text separated by a blank line. Unusual formatting can nudge these, but for normal writing they track what you’d expect.

No. Every count is measured in your browser as you type — nothing is uploaded, so you can safely paste private or unpublished writing.