About Word Counter
A word counter is usually used against a limit: an essay cap, a meta description field, a cover letter box, or a script that has to fit a segment. This one updates every number while you type or paste, so the distance to the limit is visible without pressing a button. Words, characters with and without spaces, sentences and paragraphs are reported at the same time.
Beyond the basics it estimates reading time at 200 words per minute and speaking time at 130 words per minute, which is the difference between a five minute read and a five minute talk. It also lists the ten most repeated words after common function words are removed, so a phrase you have leaned on too hard becomes obvious.
What this tool does
Counts update as you type
Words, characters, sentences and paragraphs refresh after a short pause on every edit; there is no Calculate button to hunt for.
Characters with and without spaces
Both totals sit next to each other, which matters for form fields that count spaces and social posts that count characters strictly.
Reading and speaking time
Estimates how long your text takes to read silently at 200 words per minute or to deliver aloud at 130 words per minute.
Top 10 keyword density
A table ranks the ten most frequent words with their count and percentage share of the text, with common words filtered out.
Paste and clear in one click
Paste inserts clipboard text at the cursor, and Clear empties the box and resets every counter without reloading the page.
Built for long drafts
Counting waits for a short pause between keystrokes, so a long article or interview transcript does not make the textarea feel sluggish.
How to use Word Counter
- 01
Type or paste your text
Click the text area and start typing, or press the Paste button to drop in the contents of your clipboard.
- 02
Read the word and character counts
The summary cards show words, characters with spaces and characters without spaces for the current text.
- 03
Check sentences, paragraphs and time
The same summary reports sentences, paragraphs, reading time and speaking time at a glance.
- 04
Review keyword density
Scan the keyword table to see which ten words you repeat most and what share of the total each one represents.
- 05
Clear and start again
Press Clear to empty the text box and reset every counter to zero before counting a new draft.
Supported formats and limits
- Input
- TXT
- Output
- STATS
- Processing
- Client-side, in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
- Maximum size
- Bound by the memory available to your browser tab.
- Requirements
- Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari · JavaScript enabled
Limitations worth knowing
- Sentence counting relies on punctuation, so abbreviations such as e.g. and i.e. can slightly change the sentence total.
- Different editors define words and characters differently; the same text can produce a slightly different count in Word or Google Docs.
- Very large pastes (several megabytes) depend on the memory of your device and may be slower in older mobile browsers.
Privacy and file handling
Your text never leaves this browser tab. Counting, reading time and keyword density are computed with JavaScript on your device, so nothing is uploaded, stored or analyzed on a server. Closing the page discards the text.
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