Word Counter
Paste or type text to instantly see word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time.
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Words
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Characters
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Characters (no spaces)
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
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Reading time (min)
How to Use
- 1Paste or type your text into the box.
- 2Statistics update automatically as you type.
Features
- Word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts
- Estimated reading time
- Updates live as you type
- Useful for essays, articles, and code comments
Example
Paste a paragraph of text and watch the counts update instantly.
About This Tool
A word counter is useful whenever you need to meet a length requirement: an essay word count, a character limit for a social post, or a target reading time for an article. This tool calculates all of these at once and updates live as you type.
Reading time is estimated using an average reading speed of 200 words per minute, a commonly used benchmark for adult silent reading of general text.
FAQ
- How is reading time calculated?
- It's estimated using an average of 200 words per minute, rounded up to the nearest minute.
- Does this tool count Unicode characters correctly?
- Yes, character counts use Unicode-aware counting so emoji and multi-byte characters are counted as single characters, not as multiple bytes.