Paste or type your text — word count, character count, sentences and reading time update live.
Just paste or type your text into the box — every stat on the right updates instantly as you type, with no need to click a button.
Reading time is estimated at an average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute.
This is useful for meeting strict word limits on essays, meta descriptions, or job applications, and for estimating how long a piece of writing will take to read aloud or silently.
The "Characters" stat includes spaces; the "Characters (no spaces)" stat strips them out, so you can check against limits that count either way.
No practical limit — the counter works with anything from a single sentence to a full document, since it all runs locally in your browser.
Not currently — this tool focuses on word/character/sentence counts and reading time estimates.
Words are counted as sequences of characters separated by whitespace, which matches how most word processors count words.
No — everything happens locally in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server.