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Word Counter
Paste or type your text to instantly count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and estimated reading time.
Free Online Word Counter
Enter any text below. The results update automatically while you type.
How Does the Word Counter Work?
The tool analyzes the text entered in the box above and updates the results instantly in your browser.
Words are separated using whitespace such as spaces, tabs and line breaks. Character totals are shown both with and without whitespace.
Sentence counting uses common sentence-ending punctuation such as periods, question marks and exclamation marks.
What Does This Tool Count?
- Total number of words
- Total number of characters
- Characters excluding whitespace
- Estimated sentence count
- Paragraph count
- Estimated reading time
What Can a Word Counter Be Used For?
Word counters are useful whenever a text has a minimum or maximum length requirement.
- Articles and blog posts
- School assignments and essays
- Product descriptions
- Social media captions
- Website content
- Application forms
- Reports and documents
- Advertising copy
Word Count vs Character Count
Word count measures how many separate words appear in a text, while character count measures letters, numbers, punctuation and other characters.
Hello world
Words: 2
Characters including the space: 11
Characters without the space: 10
How Is Reading Time Estimated?
Reading speed varies by person and by the complexity of the text. This tool uses an approximate reading speed of 200 words per minute to provide a simple estimate.
For example, a 1,000-word article has an estimated reading time of about 5 minutes at that reading speed.
Privacy and Text Processing
The counting process on this page runs directly in your browser using JavaScript.
The tool does not require you to create an account or upload a document to use the basic counting features.
Avoid entering confidential information into online tools unless you are comfortable processing that information in your browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
How are words counted?
Non-empty text is separated using whitespace such as spaces, tabs and line breaks.
Are spaces included in the character count?
The tool shows both total characters and characters without whitespace.
Does the tool count sentences?
Yes. It estimates sentence count using common sentence-ending punctuation.
Does the tool count paragraphs?
Yes. Non-empty blocks of text separated by line breaks are counted as paragraphs.
Does the word counter store my text?
The counting function runs in your browser and does not require a separate word-counting API.
Is this word counter free?
Yes. Araclio Word Counter is free and does not require registration.