Word Counter
Counts update live as you type. Nothing leaves your browser.
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Counts
0Words
0Characters
0Sentences
0Paragraphs
What this does
A live count of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — the numbers a commission, a school limit or a meta description actually cares about.
Common uses
- Checking an article against an 800-word commission
- Keeping a title tag under 60 characters
- Counting a submission that has a paragraph limit
How counts are defined
The four numbers disagree with other tools unless you know the rules, so here they are:
| Count | Rule |
|---|---|
| Words | Runs of non-whitespace characters. well-known is one word; well - known is three |
| Characters | Every character, including spaces and line breaks |
| Sentences | Splits on ., ! or ? followed by a space or end of text |
| Paragraphs | Blocks separated by a blank line |
Markdown syntax is counted as text: **bold** counts the asterisks too. Strip the markup
first if you are counting a finished draft.
How it works
Counted in the browser on every keystroke. Nothing is sent anywhere — there is no request to inspect because there is no request.