Paste or type your text and see the number of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs right away. You can also check it against a limit, like 280 characters for a post or 500 words for an essay. Your text stays on your device.
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What this tool does
It counts your text while you type. Words are anything between spaces. Characters are every letter, number, space and sign. Sentences end with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Paragraphs are blocks of text with an empty line between them. It also shows the words you use most, so you can spot when you repeat yourself.
When you need it
A school or university essay must be between 400 and 500 words.
A job portal allows only 2,000 characters for your cover letter.
A social media post or SMS has a hard character limit.
You give a speech and want to know how long it takes to read aloud.
You write a website text and want each page to have enough words.
How to use it
Paste your text into the box, or start typing.
Read the numbers under the box. They update with every key.
If you have a limit, pick it under Check a limit. The bar turns red when you go over.
Tap Copy text when you are done.
Reading the result
Characters counts spaces too. Most forms and social apps count this way. Without spaces is what some translators and printers charge for. Reading time uses about 200 words per minute, a normal silent reading speed. Speaking time uses about 130 words per minute, a calm speaking pace. These are averages — a slow or nervous speaker will take longer.
What this tool cannot do
It does not check spelling or grammar.
Different apps count a little differently. Word may count "e-mail" as one word, others as two. Small gaps of a few words are normal.
Sentence counting can be wrong with short forms like "Dr." or "e.g.", which also end with a dot.
For Chinese or Japanese text, which has no spaces, the word count is not meaningful. Use the character count.
It does not save your text. If you close the page, the text is gone — copy it first.
Your text stays on your device
All counting happens in your browser. The text is not sent to a server and not stored anywhere. That is useful for private letters, job applications and unpublished work.
Questions people ask
Are spaces counted as characters?
Yes, in the main character count. The box "Without spaces" shows the number without them.
How many words is one page?
Roughly 250 to 300 words for a normal A4 page with 12-point text and single spacing. Double spacing halves that.
Is there a limit to how much text I can paste?
No fixed limit. Even a long thesis works, though a very old phone may get slow.
Does it work in German and other languages?
Yes. Umlauts, accents and other alphabets are counted correctly.