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Word Counter

Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type. Understand whitespace-based word boundaries and check final limits in your submission system.

Check the length of an essay, article or draft without changing the text. This counter treats non-empty groups separated by whitespace as words. It also shows character totals, paragraph and sentence estimates, a reading-time estimate and frequent English-style tokens.

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0Words
0Characters
0Chars (no spaces)
0Sentences
0Paragraphs
~0mRead Time

Your input stays on this device for this operation. We don’t upload or store it.

About Word Counter

Check the length of an essay, article or draft without changing the text. This counter treats non-empty groups separated by whitespace as words. It also shows character totals, paragraph and sentence estimates, a reading-time estimate and frequent English-style tokens.

Live word total

Whitespace-separated groups are counted as you type or paste.

Several length measures

Shows words, characters, characters without whitespace, sentences and paragraphs.

Reading-time estimate

Uses a fixed 200-words-per-minute assumption, not a personalized reading measurement.

How to use Word Counter

  1. 1

    Paste the text to count

    Use Input Text for the draft or the specific section covered by your limit.

  2. 2

    Read the live totals

    Check Words and Characters, then compare Characters without spaces if your instructions exclude whitespace.

  3. 3

    Verify the destination's rules

    For a strict assignment limit, compare with the submission platform, especially for references, hyphenated words and non-space-separated scripts.

Formats and practical limits

Input: typed or pasted text. Output: live length counts and estimates; no document-file upload is required.

  • Sentence counts use punctuation and are estimates, not grammatical analysis.
  • Character totals follow JavaScript UTF-16 length. Emoji and combined marks can differ from visible-symbol counts.

Practical example

well-known has one whitespace-delimited word; well known has two. A submission editor can apply a different convention.

Frequently Asked Questions

3 answers
How is a hyphenated word counted?

A hyphen without surrounding whitespace stays inside one group, so well-known counts as one word in this tool.

Will Urdu, Hindi or other text count exactly like Word?

Not necessarily. This counter uses whitespace boundaries, not a language-specific tokenizer. Use the destination editor's count when its rules matter.

Is the reading time exact?

No. It is the word total divided by a fixed reading-rate assumption and rounded upward. Complexity and the reader's needs vary.

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