Word Counter

Paste or type your text above and the word count calculator answers instantly. It counts the words as you go, so the question how many words is this is answered live, with the character, sentence, and paragraph counts alongside it. Nothing gets sent anywhere, since the whole thing computes locally in your browser.

It splits your text on the whitespace between words, then counts the chunks that are left, which are your words. Characters are simpler, since it just tallies every letter, number, space, and mark. This word counter does both the moment you type or paste, so you'll see the totals update with no button to press. Everything runs on your own device, so your text never leaves the page.

Any run of characters with a space or line break around it counts as one word, so hyphenated terms like well-known count as a single word, while an em dash with spaces around it does not. Numbers and dates count too. It's the same way a word processor tallies them, which is why the totals here line up with what you'd see in a document.

Reading time divides your word count by an average reading speed of about 225 words a minute, which is typical for an adult reading silently. Speaking time uses roughly 130 words a minute, closer to a steady speaking pace. They're estimates, so a dense or technical passage will run slower, but they're handy for sizing a speech, a video script, or a blog post.

The with-spaces count is every character you typed, spaces included, which is what social platforms and form limits usually measure. The without-spaces count drops the spaces and line breaks, which some assignments and fields ask for instead. The tool shows both, so you'll have the right number whichever limit you're working to.

Yes, and the character count is exactly what you want there. A post on X allows 280 characters, and an SEO meta description reads best around 150 to 160. Paste your draft and watch the with-spaces count, then trim until you're under the limit. The live total makes it quick to land right on the mark.

By the usual writing convention, 500 words fills about one single-spaced page or two double-spaced ones, and 1,000 words doubles that to roughly two single-spaced or four double-spaced pages, using a 12-point font with one-inch margins. Fonts, spacing, headings, and images all shift the real page count, so the tool shows your exact word total and you can match it to the words-to-pages table above.

Yes to both. There's no sign-up, no limit on length, and nothing to install, since it all runs in the page. Your text stays on your device and isn't sent to a server, so it's safe for drafts and private notes. Bookmark it and you'll have a fast, clean counter whenever you're writing to a limit.