Word Counter
Live word, character, line, and paragraph statistics.
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- Words
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- Characters
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- Chars (no spaces)
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- Lines
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- Paragraphs
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- Sentences
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- Reading time
Why use a word counter?
Word and character counts matter in many contexts: blog posts, social media captions, academic essays, cover letters, and SMS messages all have limits or targets. Counting manually is impractical for longer texts. This tool gives you instant feedback as you type, showing words, characters (with and without spaces), lines, paragraphs, sentences, and an estimated reading time — all without sending your text to any server.
How to use
Paste or type your text in the input area. All statistics update live as you edit. Words are split on whitespace, sentences on terminal punctuation (. ! ?), and paragraphs on blank lines. Characters include every Unicode code point. Use the "Chars (no spaces)" figure when a platform counts only printable characters. Reading time assumes 200 words per minute.
常见问题
- How are words counted?
- Words are counted by splitting text on whitespace and filtering out empty tokens. Hyphenated words like "state-of-the-art" count as one word. Numbers and punctuation-only tokens are excluded.
- How is reading time calculated?
- Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, which is an average silent reading speed for adults. The result is rounded up to the nearest minute.
- How are paragraphs counted?
- Paragraphs are counted as blocks of text separated by one or more blank lines. A single block with no blank lines counts as one paragraph.