Word & Character Counter
Live word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts with reading and speaking time estimates. Free, in your browser — your text never leaves your device.
Words
117
Characters
689
No spaces
571
Sentences
6
Paragraphs
3
Lines
5
Reading time
29 sec
at 238 wpm
Speaking time
54 sec
at 130 wpm
Avg word length
4.9
characters
Your text
Most-used words
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Common stop words (the, and, of, …) are filtered out so the list shows the words that actually carry meaning in your text.
Your text stays on your device.
Counts are computed in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere — safe for drafts, manuscripts, confidential reports, and anything else you wouldn’t paste into a random website.
How to use it
- 1Paste or type your text into the textarea. Counts update as you type — no Calculate button needed.
- 2Read the stat cards at the top: words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, lines.
- 3Reading and speaking time estimates use 238 words per minute (silent reading) and 130 words per minute (well-paced speech).
- 4Scan the most-used words list below to see what your text is really about, with common stop words filtered out.
Common use cases
- Check that a blog post or essay hits its target word count before submitting.
- Trim a tweet, meta description, or social caption to fit a character limit.
- Estimate how long a speech, presentation, or YouTube script will take to deliver.
- Audit a draft for verbosity — long average word length and few sentences usually means dense, hard-to-read prose.
- Verify a homework assignment, cover letter, or job application meets a word-count requirement.
- See which words you're leaning on too heavily — useful when editing for variety.
Frequently asked questions
- Is my text uploaded anywhere?
- No. Every count runs in your browser. The text never leaves your device — safe for drafts, manuscripts, confidential reports, or anything you'd rather not paste into a random website.
- How accurate is the reading time?
- It's an estimate. 238 words per minute is the meta-analysis average for adult silent reading on general-interest prose (Brysbaert, 2019). Technical writing, legal text, or material in a second language will be slower; light fiction can be faster.
- How accurate is the speaking time?
- 130 words per minute matches well-paced public speaking (TED talks, podcasts, training videos). Conversational speech runs faster, around 160 wpm; auctioneers can hit 300+.
- How is a sentence counted?
- Anything terminated by a period, exclamation mark, or question mark (followed by whitespace or end of text) counts as one sentence. Abbreviations like "Dr." and decimals like "3.14" can over-count slightly — the number is a useful estimate, not a formal parse.
- What's a paragraph?
- A block of text separated from the next by one or more blank lines. If your text has no blank lines, it counts as one paragraph regardless of length.
- Why are stop words filtered from the most-used list?
- Without filtering, the top of the list is always "the", "and", "of", "to" — which tells you nothing about the text. Filtering common stop words surfaces the words that actually carry meaning.
- Is there a length limit?
- Anything your browser's memory can hold. Tens of thousands of words count in milliseconds; very long documents (full novels, hundreds of thousands of words) may pause briefly while typing.
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