Paste or type text for a live count of words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time. Everything runs in your browser.
Your text never leaves your device — all counting happens locally.
This word counter gives a live count of words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and paragraphs, plus estimated reading and speaking time, so you can check length against limits as you write.
The word counter splits your text on spaces, tabs, and line breaks, then ignores any empty pieces. Each remaining chunk counts as one word, so 'hello world' counts as two words. Counting updates live as you type or paste.
Reading time assumes an average silent reading speed of about 200 words per minute, and speaking time assumes about 130 words per minute for spoken delivery. The tool divides your word count by those rates and rounds up to whole minutes.
The tool shows both figures. Characters with spaces counts every character including spaces and line breaks, while characters without spaces removes all whitespace first. For 'hello world' that is 11 characters with spaces and 9 without.