Paste or type your text. Get instant stats — words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading time, and keyword density. No data leaves your browser.
Word Counter is a free, instant tool that counts words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, and paragraphs in any text you paste or type.
Everything updates live as you write, and it also estimates reading and speaking time and surfaces keyword density — useful well beyond a simple tally. People reach for it to:
Because the whole tool runs in your browser, your text is never uploaded — paste confidential drafts, client work, or unpublished writing without it ever leaving your device.
Unlike the word count buried in a word processor, this counter is built for the job: no document to open, no formatting to fight, and a live breakdown of every metric at once. Bookmark it as a quick scratchpad whenever you need to measure text fast.
Reading time uses 200 words per minute and speaking time uses 130 words per minute — standard adult averages. Technical or unfamiliar material reads slower, so treat these as a reliable guide rather than an exact figure.
Anything ending in a period, exclamation mark, or question mark. Multiple consecutive punctuation marks (such as "?!") are treated as a single sentence end so the count stays accurate.
No. All counting and analysis runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, so confidential drafts and client work stay completely private.
SEO blog posts that rank well are typically 1,000–2,000 words, while a standard school essay is often 500–1,000. Always follow the specific brief or assignment limit first — depth and clarity matter more than hitting a round number.
At an average speaking pace of about 130 words per minute, a 5-minute speech is roughly 650 words. Paste your script to see the exact speaking time for your own pace and pauses.
Different tools handle hyphenated words, numbers, and symbols slightly differently. The gap is usually tiny. This counter splits on whitespace, so "state-of-the-art" counts as one word, matching most editorial style guides.
Yes. Word and character counts work for any language that separates words with spaces, including most European languages. Character counts work for every language, which is useful for scripts like Chinese or Japanese that don't use spaces.