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Word and character counter
Count words and characters as you type. The counter understands languages without spaces such as Chinese, Japanese and Thai, counts an emoji as one character, and shows how your text fits common limits. Type, paste or load text to count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, lines and unique words, and to see reading and speaking time. Check limits for posts, SMS, meta descriptions and titles, and find the most used keywords. Chinese, Japanese, Thai and emoji are counted correctly. Everything stays in your browser.
How it works
- Type or paste your text, or load a .txt file.
- Read the statistics and check the progress bars for the limits you need, or set your own limit.
- Review the keyword density and longest words, then save the statistics as PDF or image, or the text as JSON.
Counts that work in every language
Words are found with the word segmentation built into your browser, so a Japanese or Thai sentence is split into real words instead of being counted as one. Characters are counted as visible symbols, so an emoji with a skin tone or a letter with an accent counts as one.
Limits for posts, SMS and search results
The X bar uses the weighted count of X, where links count 23 and most Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters count 2. The SMS bar switches from 160 to 70 characters when the text needs Unicode and shows how many messages it takes. Meta descriptions and titles use the lengths that search engines usually show.
Frequently asked questions
How is reading time calculated?
The number of words is divided by a reading speed of 238 words per minute, the average for silent reading of non-fiction found in a large 2019 review. Speaking time uses 150 words per minute. You can change both speeds in the settings.
Does the counter store my text?
Only in this browser, so it is still there next time. Nothing is sent to a server. Use Clear text to remove it.
Why do two counters give different word counts?
Tools differ in how they treat numbers, hyphens, apostrophes and languages without spaces. This counter follows the Unicode rules for word boundaries, so it's counts as one word and each Chinese word counts once.
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