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Count Words & Characters

Online word counter and character counter for essays, tweets, and meta descriptions. Sentences, paragraphs, and reading time—no signup.

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Editor

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Upload, paste, or preview the source, tune the options, and leave with a copy-ready or downloadable result.

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Preview

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Live word, character, sentence, paragraph, and reading-time stats appear below.

Cleaned or transformed text appears here.

Privacy: This tool runs entirely in your browser. No data is sent to our servers. We don't store, share, or have access to any of the information you process here.

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Input
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Result
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Sample inputs and editing tips

How to edit and export cleanly

Use Count Words & Characters when you need to count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time.

Because the processing runs in the browser, it is useful for drafts, lists, logs, and other everyday text that should not be sent to a remote API just for a small transformation.

Common use cases

  • Clean or reshape text before it moves into another app.
  • Clean a list before importing it into a spreadsheet, CMS, CRM, or note-taking app.
  • Prepare snippets from logs, emails, issue trackers, or exported reports.

How to use it well

  1. Start in the tool area above and enter the smallest complete input that represents your task.
  2. Choose the options that match the cleanup you need.
  3. Run the tool and review the output before copying or downloading it.
  4. For repeat tasks, keep a small sample input so you can verify the result quickly.

Practical tips

  • Start with a short sample when the source text is very large.
  • Keep an untouched copy of the original text until you have checked the output.
  • Combine this tool with related text tools when you need sorting, deduplication, extraction, or case cleanup.

Limitations to know

  • The result depends on the exact input formatting, especially line breaks and whitespace.
  • Very large pasted documents may be limited by browser memory on older devices.

FAQ

Q: How is word count calculated?

A: Words are separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines.

Q: Does it count punctuation?

A: Punctuation is counted as characters but not as words.

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Privacy: This tool runs entirely in your browser. No data is sent to our servers. We don't store, share, or have access to any of the information you process here.