Type or paste text to see live word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts.
This tool counts words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs as you type or paste text — useful for meeting a word limit on an essay or application, staying under a character cap on social media or a meta description, or just estimating how long something will take to read.
Words are counted by splitting on whitespace. Sentences are counted by looking for sentence-ending punctuation (. ! ?) followed by a space or the end of the text. Paragraphs are counted as blocks of text separated by a blank line.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, a commonly used average adult silent-reading speed.
For the text "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.":
The "Characters" stat includes spaces; "Characters (no spaces)" strips them out — useful since many character limits (like meta descriptions) count every character including spaces.
It's based on sentence-ending punctuation (., !, ?), so it can be thrown off by abbreviations (like "Dr." or "e.g.") the same way most simple sentence counters are.
Word count divided by 200 words per minute, a standard average reading speed estimate — actual reading speed varies by person and content complexity.
Yes — the "Characters" count (including spaces) matches how most platforms count toward their limits.
No — all counting happens locally in your browser as you type.