Word Counter

Paste or type your text and get an instant word count with characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time.

Words

Characters

Chars (no spaces)

Sentences

Paragraphs

0 min

Read Time

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About This Tool

What it does

Counts words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in any text in real time as you type.

Who it's for

Writers, students, bloggers, journalists, social media managers and anyone who needs to hit a specific word or character count.

Your privacy

All counting happens in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server and is never stored. Paste your most sensitive documents safely.

Method, limits and privacy

Counts follow Unicode text-segmentation rules where the browser supports them. Different editors may still disagree because applications use different policies for URLs, hyphens, apostrophes, hidden text and document structure.

Sources reviewed 23 June 2026: Unicode UAX #29 · Reading-speed meta-analysis

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a word?

The tool uses Unicode-aware word segmentation and counts word-like segments, including letters and numbers. Browsers without Intl.Segmenter use a Unicode token regular-expression fallback.

What counts as a character?

Characters are extended grapheme clusters where supported, which better matches visible characters such as emoji and combining sequences than JavaScript string length.

How are sentences and paragraphs counted?

Sentences use Unicode sentence segmentation with a punctuation fallback. Paragraphs are non-empty blocks separated by one or more blank lines.

How is reading time calculated?

Word count is divided by 238 words per minute and rounded up; empty text displays zero minutes.

Word Counter

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Method, limits and privacy

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