Word & Character Counter

The text is trimmed, then split on any run of whitespace (spaces, tabs, or line breaks), and empty fragments are discarded. A hyphenated word like "well-known" counts as one word, and extra spaces between words never inflate the count.

Both are shown. "Characters (with spaces)" is the raw length of everything you typed, including spaces and line breaks. "Characters (no spaces)" strips out all whitespace first, so you can see the count either way — useful when a platform's limit is defined one way but not the other.

Sentences are counted by splitting the text on runs of . ! or ? and counting the non-empty pieces that remain, so this is an approximation rather than true grammatical parsing. Paragraphs are counted by splitting on blank lines (a line break followed by another line break), so paragraphs need an empty line between them to be counted separately.

Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute and speaking time at 130 words per minute, both standard averages for silent reading and spoken delivery. These are estimates — actual time varies with the reader and the complexity of the text.

No. All counting happens directly in your browser using JavaScript — nothing you paste is sent to a server, logged, or saved. You can safely paste drafts, essays, or anything else you don't want leaving your machine.