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Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in any text. Get instant statistics including reading time, speaking time and typing time.
Words: 0Characters: 0Sentences: 0Paragraphs: 0
About word counter
Real-time Statistics
The Word Counter tool analyzes your text and provides instant statistics. It counts characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, paragraphs, and more. This makes it ideal for tasks with strict length requirements like essays, tweets, or meta descriptions.
What is a word?
A word is counted as any sequence of characters separated by whitespace. Punctuation marks attached to words (like "hello," or "world!") are included in the count. Numbers are counted as words too (e.g., "123" counts as one word).
Use cases
- Essays and academic papers — check against word limits
- Twitter/X posts — count characters before hitting the 280 limit
- Content marketing — ensure blog posts meet SEO word count goals
- Job applications — fit your cover letter to employer requirements
- Social media captions — optimize engagement with the right length
Detailed breakdown
The tool provides several metrics to help you understand your text:
- Characters (with spaces) — total byte count including spaces
- Characters (without spaces) — letters and punctuation only
- Words — sequences of characters separated by whitespace
- Sentences — text ending with ., !, or ?
- Paragraphs — blocks of text separated by blank lines
- Lines — rows of text based on line breaks