Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs as you type, right in your browser.
Word Counter tallies your writing as you type, showing words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs the moment you add or delete anything. The problem it fixes is small but constant. Whenever a piece has a limit, an essay that must hit a length, a bio capped at a certain size, an article aimed at a word target, you need a running count you can trust without opening a heavier program just to check.
Using it is as simple as writing or pasting your text into the box and reading the totals that update live beside it. There is no button to press and no file to load. You can draft directly in the tool, or drop in text from somewhere else to measure it, then keep editing while the numbers follow every change.
It is worth knowing how the counting works so the numbers make sense. Words are counted as runs of characters separated by spaces, so a hyphenated term usually reads as one word while a number with a space in it reads as two. The character figure typically counts everything you can see, spaces included, which is why it will differ from a limit that only counts letters. Sentence and paragraph counts follow punctuation and line breaks, so unusual formatting can nudge them.
Against your word processor's own counter, this is faster to reach and does not ask you to open a document, which suits quick checks and drafting in the browser. When you need tracked changes, comments, or a formatted layout, your full editor is still the right home for the writing itself.
Writers use it to hit an article target, students to meet an essay range, and professionals to keep a summary or a proposal within bounds. It is also handy for pasting in a chunk of copy to see, at a glance, how long it really is.
The whole thing runs in your browser, so your text stays on your device, nothing is uploaded, and there is no sign-up or fee. The only real limit is your device's memory, and since counting is lightweight it comfortably handles anything from a tweet to a long manuscript.
Yes, the main character total counts spaces along with letters, numbers, and punctuation, since that is what most limits mean by characters. If a form counts only visible letters, its number will come out lower than what you see here.
It treats each run of characters between spaces as one word. That means a hyphenated compound usually counts as a single word, and a stray double space will not add a phantom word to the total.
The count lives only in the page while it is open, so closing or refreshing the tab clears the text. Copy anything you want to keep before you leave.
Different tools split words and sentences by slightly different rules, especially around hyphens, numbers, and punctuation. A small gap between two counters is normal and usually comes down to those edge cases.
Yes, counting is light work, so pasting in a full chapter or a long report is fine on any reasonable device. Only an extremely large paste would ever start to feel slow.
It looks for sentence-ending punctuation, so an abbreviation with a full stop, like an initial, can occasionally be read as the end of a sentence. Treat the sentence figure as a close estimate rather than an exact rule.
No. All the counting happens in your browser and nothing you type is uploaded, so even sensitive drafts stay on your device.
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