Word Counter
Words, characters and reading time, live as you type.
- Words
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- Characters (no spaces)
- 0
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Reading time
- 0 min
How to use this counter
- Type or paste your text; every count updates live.
- Characters are counted with and without spaces; social networks and forms usually limit the count including spaces.
- Reading time assumes about 200 words per minute, a common average for adult readers.
- Nothing you type leaves your device, so pasting a confidential draft is safe.
Frequently asked questions
- What counts as a word?
- Any run of characters between spaces or line breaks. Hyphenated forms like 'well-known' count as one word, which matches how most word processors count.
- Do emoji and accented letters count as one character?
- Yes. Counting is Unicode-aware, so é or an emoji is one character even though it may occupy several bytes.
- What are common length limits?
- An X/Twitter post allows 280 characters, an SMS 160, a meta description around 155 to 160, and typical college essays are measured in words, not characters.
- How accurate is the sentence count?
- Sentences are split on . ! and ? followed by a space. Abbreviations like 'e.g.' can add a sentence to the count, so treat it as a close estimate.