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Text & Word Counter

Real-time analysis of your text. Instantly count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimate reading time.

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Real-time Metrics

Words
0
Sentences
0
Characters (no spaces)0
Characters (with spaces)0
Paragraphs0
Estimated Reading Time
0 min

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About the Text Analyzer

Whether you're writing an essay, a tweet, or a novel, keeping track of your word and character count is essential. Many platforms enforce strict character limits (like Twitter's 280 characters), while academic essays and professional documents often require minimum word counts.

Why Character Count Matters

  • Social Media: Twitter (280), Instagram Captions (2,200), LinkedIn Posts (3,000).

  • SEO & Metadata: Title tags (50-60 characters) and meta descriptions (150-160 characters) need precise lengths for Google search results.

  • SMS Marketing: Standard text messages are limited to 160 characters.

How We Calculate

WordsSeparated by spaces
SentencesEnding in ., ! or ?
ParagraphsSeparated by line breaks
Reading TimeBased on ~200 WPM
Privacy Note: This tool operates entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to a server, saved, or logged, ensuring 100% privacy and security for your sensitive documents.

How the calculation works

A word count splits text on whitespace. A character count can include or exclude spaces.

Words = number of whitespace-separated tokens Characters = length of the string

Reading time in this example uses 200 words per minute.

Worked example: “one two two three”

  1. Words = 4.
  2. Characters with spaces = 16.
  3. Characters without spaces = 13.
  4. Reading time at 200 wpm = 4 ÷ 200 minutes = 1.2 seconds.

Counts for “one two two three”

MeasureValue
Words4
Characters with spaces16
Unique words3

Frequently asked questions

How many words are in “one two two three”?▼
4.
How many characters include the spaces?▼
16.
What reading speed is the example using?▼
200 words per minute.