Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time instantly
The Word Counter is an essential tool for writers, students, content creators, and professionals who need to track their writing statistics. Whether you're working on an essay, blog post, social media content, or any other text, this tool provides comprehensive analytics in real-time.
The word counter considers any sequence of characters separated by spaces as a word. This includes numbers and special characters when they appear as part of a word. For example, "hello", "123", and "test-word" would each count as one word.
We use three standard reading speeds: Slow (150 words per minute), Average (200 words per minute), and Fast (250 words per minute). These are based on typical adult reading speeds for English text.
Sentences are counted based on punctuation marks (. ! ?). Paragraphs are counted based on line breaks (empty lines between blocks of text). A single line break creates a new paragraph.
There's no strict limit, but for optimal performance, we recommend analyzing texts under 50,000 words. The tool processes everything in your browser, so very large texts might slow down depending on your device.
Yes, the word counter works with any language that uses spaces between words. However, the reading time estimates are calibrated for English text and may not be accurate for other languages.