Overview
What Is a Word Counter?
This tool counts words, characters, and sentences in any text you paste, updating in real time as you type or paste.
Count words, characters, and sentences instantly.
This tool counts words, characters, and sentences in any text you paste, updating in real time as you type or paste.
Useful for meeting essay word count requirements, social media character limits, or general writing analysis.
Enter your text into the box.
Words, characters, and sentences update automatically.
Yes, by default this counts all characters including spaces.
Words are counted as sequences of characters separated by whitespace.
Sentences are counted based on ending punctuation (periods, exclamation points, question marks).
No, all counting happens locally in your browser - your text is never transmitted or stored.
Yes, checking character count is a common use for platforms with specific limits.
This tool focuses on words, characters, and sentences - paragraph counting would require additional logic.
No practical limit - the tool can handle large amounts of text.
Plain text counting is used - formatting characters aren't specifically excluded or included differently.
Yes, checking word count against assignment requirements is a common use case.
Yes, completely free with no sign-up required.