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FREE ONLINE TOOL
Word Counter
Count words and characters instantly. No upload, no account, no waiting.
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Set a word goal to track progress.
Your text is counted locally in this browser and is not sent anywhere.
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THE SIMPLE VERSION
How this word counter works
This word count checker analyzes the text in your browser as you type. It reports the total number of words and characters, plus sentences, paragraphs, lines, estimated reading time and speaking time. Nothing needs to be uploaded.
Words
The counter uses the browser’s language-aware text segmentation when available, which handles punctuation and many non-English writing systems more naturally than simply splitting text at every space.
Characters
The character counter treats visible grapheme clusters as characters when the browser supports it. A second total removes whitespace so you can compare both common character-count conventions.
Sentences & paragraphs
Sentence counting uses language-aware segmentation where available. Paragraphs are groups of text separated by blank lines, while the line total follows line breaks exactly.
COMMON USES
Count words without breaking your writing flow
A word calculator is useful whenever a draft has a length target: essays, articles, applications, reports, captions, scripts, product descriptions and other text. Set an optional word goal above and the progress bar will show how close the draft is to your target.
If a platform gives you a character limit instead of a word limit, the live character total updates at the same time. The tool can also help compare a trimmed draft with the original by showing words, characters and reading time together.
FAQ
Word counter questions
Does this word counter save my text?
No. Counting happens locally in your browser. This page does not send the text you type to a server.
What is the difference between word count and character count?
Word count estimates the number of individual words in a text. Character count measures letters, numbers, punctuation, emoji and other visible characters. The “no spaces” total excludes whitespace.
Can I use this as a character counter?
Yes. The character total updates instantly alongside the word total, including a separate count with whitespace removed.
How is reading time calculated?
Reading time is an estimate based on a typical silent-reading pace. Actual reading speed varies by person, language and text difficulty.
Does it work with languages that do not put spaces between every word?
On modern browsers, the counter uses built-in language-aware segmentation when available. That improves counting for many writing systems where a simple space-based counter performs poorly.