Word Counter — Count Words, Characters & Paragraphs Free

Words are counted by splitting the text on whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines). Consecutive whitespace is treated as a single separator.

Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, which is a commonly used average for adult reading speed.

Sentences are counted by detecting sequences ending with a period, exclamation mark, or question mark. This is an approximation and may not be accurate for all text styles.

Paragraphs are counted as blocks of text separated by one or more blank lines.

No. All counting happens in your browser in real time. Your text is never sent to any server.

Words are counted by splitting the text on whitespace and punctuation. Hyphenated words (e.g., 'well-known') are counted as one word.

Both. The tool shows character count with spaces and without spaces separately.

Yes. The word counter works with any language that uses spaces to separate words.

There is no imposed limit. The tool can handle very long texts.