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Word Counter

Word counter — instant word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts with reading time. No buttons, no uploads, no signup.

Start typing or paste your text to see stats

How to Use

  1. 1. Enter your text

    Type or paste any text into the input box.

  2. 2. View instant stats

    Word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts update in real time.

  3. 3. Copy or clear

    Use the clear button to reset, or keep editing as needed.

Why Use This Tool

A word counter is the fastest way to check the length of any block of text — an essay, blog post, social caption, or assignment. Paste your draft into the box above and the count updates as you type, including characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and an estimated reading time.

It is built for the moments when opening a full word processor is overkill. Writers checking against publication limits, students hitting an essay target, marketers fitting copy into ad slots, and content creators verifying meta-description length all use it the same way: paste, glance, move on.

Everything runs in your browser using JavaScript — your text never leaves your device. There is no signup, no upload, no analytics on the content itself, and no document quietly saved to a server. Close the tab and the text is gone.

Instant Results

Runs entirely in your browser. No waiting in queues, no server round-trips — output appears the moment you act.

Private by Design

Your files and text never leave your device. Nothing is uploaded, stored, or logged on any server.

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Use every feature without an account, watermark, or paywall. Open the page and start working.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word counter splits your text on whitespace boundaries and counts each non-empty segment as one word. Hyphenated words like "well-known" or "state-of-the-art" count as a single word, matching the convention used by Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and most major word processors. Numbers and contractions also count as one word each.
Yes. All counting happens in your browser using JavaScript — no data is ever sent to a server. Once the page has loaded, you can disconnect from the internet and the tool will keep working. Counts update as you type, and your text stays only on your device.
The estimated reading time is calculated at 200 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults reading non-fiction in English. For technical or dense academic content, expect closer to 100–150 words per minute; for casual blog posts and articles, 250–300 is more realistic.
There is no hard limit. The tool processes text in real time using JavaScript in your browser, and it comfortably handles documents of 100,000+ words on modern devices. Performance scales with your device — older phones may feel slower past a few hundred thousand words, but it will still work.

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