Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimate reading time instantly. Paste or type your text — no sign-up required.
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The counter splits your text by whitespace to count words, counts every character for character totals, detects sentence boundaries using punctuation (.!?), and identifies paragraphs by blank lines. All processing happens instantly in your browser.
No. You can paste or type as much text as you need. The counter handles everything from a single sentence to entire documents in real time.
Reading time is estimated using an average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute. A 1,000-word article would show approximately 5 minutes of reading time.
Unique words are counted case-insensitively after stripping punctuation. So "Hello," "hello", and "HELLO" all count as one unique word.
Sentences are identified by terminal punctuation: periods (.), exclamation marks (!), and question marks (?). Decorative punctuation in abbreviations may affect the count slightly.
A paragraph is any block of text separated by one or more blank lines. Continuous text with no blank lines is treated as a single paragraph.
Yes. Click the Upload button to load a plain text (.txt) file. The file contents will be placed in the text area and counted immediately.
No. Everything runs entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server and is not stored or logged in any way.
Our Word & Character Counter is a free, browser-based tool that gives you instant statistics about any piece of text. Whether you're a writer keeping track of article length, a student checking an essay word limit, or a developer testing string lengths, this tool has you covered.
Paste or type your text to get a full breakdown: total characters, characters without spaces, average characters per word, word count, unique word count, sentence count, paragraph count, estimated reading time, and a live Top Keywords table — all recalculated in real time as you type.
File upload is intentionally disabled. All processing happens entirely in your browser and your text is never sent to a server, ensuring complete privacy.