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🔢 Word & Character Counter
Paste any text to instantly see word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time. Useful for essay limits, social media, SEO meta descriptions, and translation pricing.
Examples
A 280-char tweet would show here…Chars 65 · Words 12 · Read 5sMeta descriptions should be ~155 chars. The counter helps stay under the truncation threshold.
Frequently asked questions
How is reading time calculated?
~225 words per minute (average adult silent reading). Some sites use 200 or 250; we land in the middle.
Does it count CJK characters correctly?
Chinese, Japanese, Korean text is character-counted rather than word-counted. We try to detect and adjust, but for pure word counts in CJK you usually count characters not words.
Why does word count differ between tools?
Different tokenizers treat punctuation, hyphens, and apostrophes differently. We split on whitespace, which matches Microsoft Word and Google Docs closely.
About this tool
Word & Character Counter runs entirely in your browser using standard Web APIs. No data is sent to any server. The source for this tool is in our public GitHub repository.
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Why this tool
vs typical free web-tool sites
| 1vw | Typical free site | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Signup required | No | Often (for premium features) |
| Ads inside the tool | No | Yes (banner + video) |
| Data sent to server | No (browser-only) | Yes (inputs analyzed for ads) |
| Total tools | 96 | Often <20 or scattered across sites |
| Bookmarkable URL per tool | Yes | Mixed |
| Loads in under 1s | Yes (static) | Often slow (ad tracking) |
| Multilingual | EN / ES / PT / FR / DE | Usually EN only |
| Open source | Yes | No |