Word counter
Type or paste your text to count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in real time. Toggle between character counts with and without spaces, estimate reading and speaking times, and inspect top keyword frequencies. Everything runs locally in your browser — your text never leaves your tab.
Live counts as you type · Text never leaves your device
With spaces
No spaces
Based on 200 words/min
Based on 130 words/min
Average letters per word
Average words per sentence
Keyword Density (Top Non-Stop Words)
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Example
Essay draft word and character analysis
Inputting an essay of 500 words computes 3,250 characters (2,750 without spaces), 28 sentences, 6 paragraphs, an estimated 2.5-minute reading time, and an average sentence length of 17.8 words.
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FAQ
- Is my text uploaded or stored on any server?
- No. The word counter runs 100% in your browser tab. Your text is processed directly in client-side memory and is never transmitted, logged, or stored.
- How does the counter distinguish between characters with and without spaces?
- Character count with spaces includes every letter, number, punctuation mark, and whitespace character. Character count without spaces removes all spaces, tabs, and newline breaks to give net content glyphs.
- How are words counted?
- Words are counted by identifying contiguous sequences of alphanumeric characters and words with internal apostrophes or hyphens (like 'user-friendly' or 'don't'), filtering out standalone punctuation and whitespace.
- How are sentences and paragraphs calculated?
- Sentences are identified by terminal punctuation (.!?) while protecting common abbreviations such as Mr., Dr., and e.g. Paragraphs are detected by counting text blocks separated by one or more blank line breaks.
- How is reading and speaking time estimated?
- Reading time is calculated using a standard average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute. Speaking time uses a conversational pace of 130 words per minute.
- How do I count words and characters programmatically?
- Extract words with regex match(/[\p{L}\p{N}]+(?:['’\-][\p{L}\p{N}]+)*/gu) and check length. For characters, use text.length or text.replace(/\s/g, '').length. For sentences, split on terminal punctuation [.!?] after masking common abbreviations.