Word counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs — plus estimated reading time. Works for any language, including full-width CJK text.
About the word counter
The word counter tallies words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in any block of text. It updates live as you type or paste, so you always see accurate counts without hitting a button. Everything runs in your browser — your text is never sent to a server.
How words are counted
A word is any sequence of characters separated by whitespace. Hyphenated compounds like "state-of-the-art" count as one word. The counter also respects scripts that don't use spaces between words, like Japanese or Chinese — for those, the character count is usually more meaningful than the word count.
Common uses
Writers use word counters to hit assigned lengths for essays, blog posts, and academic papers. Social media managers check character counts against platform limits (Twitter's 280, LinkedIn's 3,000, Instagram captions). SEO specialists check meta titles and descriptions before they get truncated in search results. Students cite them for homework that specifies word counts.