Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in your text, instantly in your browser.
How to use the Word Counter
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Click Run.
- See the word, character, sentence, paragraph and line counts.
How the Word Counter works
A word is any run of characters separated by whitespace, so hyphenated words and numbers each count as one word, the same way most word processors count. Characters are counted with and without spaces, sentences are split at periods, question marks and exclamation marks, and paragraphs are blocks of text separated by blank lines.
Everything is counted locally in your browser, so you can safely check private documents. For typical targets: a tweet is up to 280 characters, a blog post is often 1,000 to 2,000 words, and a college essay commonly 500 to 650 words.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this word counter free?
- Yes. Count words at no cost, with no account required.
- Does it send my text anywhere?
- No. Counting happens entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
- How are words counted?
- Any sequence of characters separated by spaces, tabs or line breaks counts as one word, which matches how most word processors count.