Paste or type your text and get an instant count of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — plus reading time, speaking time and the words you repeat most.
Every figure on this page is calculated live, on your own device, as you type. A word is counted as any run of characters separated by spaces — the same convention word processors use — so hyphenated words and numbers each count as one word. Characters are counted two ways: the full count including spaces and punctuation, which is the figure most submission forms and social platforms use, and a no-spaces count, which some essay and translation briefs ask for instead. Sentences are counted from full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and paragraphs from blank lines. Nothing is sent to a server: you can disconnect from the internet after this page loads and it will keep counting, which also means drafts, client work and unpublished writing stay exactly where they belong — with you.
1. Paste your text into the box, or start typing — there is no button to press and no count to request.
2. Read the headline figures across the grid: words first, then characters with and without spaces, sentences and paragraphs.
3. Check the reading and speaking times if the text is meant to be consumed in one sitting — a script, a presentation, a video voiceover or a speech.
4. Scroll to the repeated-words table if you are editing: it shows the ten content words you lean on most, with how often each appears and its share of the whole text.
Reading time here assumes an average adult silent-reading speed of about 200 words per minute, and speaking time about 130 words per minute, which is a comfortable presenting pace that leaves room to breathe and emphasise. Both are estimates, not promises: a technical paper reads slower than a story, and a nervous presenter speaks faster than a calm one. As a rough guide, a 500-word article takes about two and a half minutes to read, a 1,000-word script about seven to eight minutes to say out loud, and a 3,000-word chapter about fifteen minutes to read. If your slot is fixed — a five-minute talk, a sixty-second video — work backwards from these rates and cut to the count, rather than hoping you can talk faster on the day.
Word limits exist because length is a real constraint in disguise. An examination essay limit tests whether you can make a point completely and then stop. A character limit on a form or a post is a space limit measured honestly. A translator or editor quoting per word needs a count both sides agree on. And a search-optimised article brief sets a length because covering a topic properly takes a minimum amount of room — too short and the important questions go unanswered. Knowing which count a limit refers to matters: a “1,500 characters” limit is roughly 250 words, not 1,500, and characters-without-spaces is a smaller number than the same text counted with them. This page shows all three side by side so you can match the exact figure you were given.
The repeated-words table is the honest version of keyword density: how often a word appears, divided by the total words. Used as an editing aid, it catches real problems — a character's name repeated in every sentence, a filler word like “really” or “just” doing no work, or a product name you meant to feature that barely appears. Used as a target to hit, it misleads: there is no percentage that makes a page rank, and forcing a phrase in until a meter turns green produces the stilted, repetitive writing readers leave. Read the table as a mirror, not a score.
Is my text uploaded or saved? No. The counting happens in your browser with JavaScript; the text is never sent anywhere, stored, or kept after you close the page.
How are words counted? Any sequence of characters surrounded by spaces counts as one word, matching the convention in Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Numbers count as words; a hyphenated compound counts as one.
Why is my sentence count approximate? Abbreviations such as “e.g.” contain full stops that are not sentence endings, so any automatic counter can be off by a little on abbreviation-heavy text. The word and character counts are exact.
What reading speed do the time estimates use? About 200 words per minute for reading and 130 for speaking, as explained above — adjust mentally for dense or technical material.
Is there a length limit? Only your device's memory. Essays, chapters and full manuscripts paste in fine, and the count updates as fast as you can type.