Word Counter
Count words and characters, with reading and speaking estimates.
How to use Word Counter
- Type or paste your text into the editor.
- Read the live word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts.
- Use the reading and speaking estimates to plan an article or presentation.
What is Word Counter?
A word counter helps you check a draft against a length limit and estimate how long it will take to read aloud. Counts update as you type. Word and sentence boundaries are estimates, so totals can differ from another editor, especially for abbreviations, punctuation, and languages with different spacing conventions.
- Live word and character counts
- Character count excluding whitespace
- Sentence and paragraph estimates
- Estimated reading and speaking time
Choose the count that matches your destination
Words, visible characters, and bytes measure different things. ADEMN uses English-locale browser segmentation for word and sentence estimates and grapheme clusters for visible characters. An emoji sequence or a combined accent can count as one visible character while occupying several code units or bytes.
The ‘without spaces’ total excludes all whitespace, including line breaks and tabs. Blank lines separate paragraphs. A platform can use different counting rules, so recheck its own limit after pasting your final draft. Reading and speaking time use fixed 200- and 130-word-per-minute assumptions; rehearse a script to measure its actual duration.
MDN: Intl.Segmenter and text boundariesA practical example
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5 words · 37 characters · 32 characters without whitespace · 2 sentences · 2 paragraphs
Learn a little more
Understand word counts, characters, and reading timeFrequently asked questions
How are reading and speaking time calculated?
Reading time uses an average of 200 words per minute, and speaking time uses 130 words per minute. These are planning estimates; your pace, pauses, and the complexity of the text will affect actual time.
What counts as a paragraph?
A paragraph is a non-empty block of text separated from another block by a blank line. A single line break within a block does not create a new paragraph.
Is my writing saved?
The tool processes text in your browser and does not save a history. Keep a separate copy of anything you want to retain before closing or refreshing the page.