Word Counter

Knowing the exact word count of a piece of text is essential in many professional and academic contexts. Admissions essays, journal submissions, blog posts, social media captions, and legal documents all impose strict word limits. Manually counting is tedious and error-prone, especially for longer documents. This word counter gives you an instant, accurate breakdown the moment you paste or type your text.

The tool reports six metrics at once. Total word count is calculated by splitting text on whitespace boundaries, which means hyphenated terms and contractions each count as a single word. Character count includes every character in the text, while the no-spaces variant excludes whitespace so you can see the raw character payload. Sentence count is determined by scanning for terminal punctuation marks followed by a space or end of text. Paragraph count is derived from blocks of text separated by blank lines.

The counter handles Unicode text correctly, including accented characters, CJK ideographs, and emoji. Everything runs entirely in your browser, so your text is never uploaded to a server.