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Word & Character Counter

Count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time live.

Quick answer: Paste or type text and the word, character, sentence, paragraph, and reading-time counts update live.
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How this word counter helps

This word and character counter gives instant editorial metrics without uploading your draft. It reports words, characters with spaces, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, average word length, and estimated reading and speaking time. The live counts are useful for blog posts, meta descriptions, product listings, essays, social posts, abstracts, and interface copy where strict limits matter. The tool treats hyphenated words and Unicode text carefully and ignores repeated whitespace so the count stays practical. You can paste a draft, load an example, clear the input with a keyboard shortcut, and copy a compact statistics summary. Recent history is optional and remains in local browser storage. Because the page works offline after it is cached, it is also a convenient writing companion when connectivity is limited. It is intentionally focused: fast counts, transparent definitions, and no account or distracting pop-ups.

Last updated: . All processing happens locally; no tool input is sent to a server.

Real-world examples

Check an SEO title

Count characters before writing a search title or meta description.

Meet an assignment limit

Track words and reading time while drafting an essay or report.

Review interface copy

Compare concise alternatives by words, characters, and reading time.

Frequently asked questions

How does the tool count words?

It splits normalized text on whitespace and counts non-empty tokens, which works well for ordinary prose and many non-English scripts.

Are characters counted with spaces?

Both totals are shown: characters including spaces and characters excluding all whitespace.

How is reading time estimated?

Reading time uses an average of 200 words per minute; speaking time uses 130 words per minute.

Can I use it for languages without spaces?

Character and paragraph counts remain useful. Word counts in scripts without spaces may require a language-specific segmenter.