Lab — Writing tools

Word Counter

Word Counter is a free online tool that counts words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in any text you paste or type, estimates how long it takes to read or speak, and shows which keywords you use most — all computed locally in your browser, with nothing sent anywhere.

Your text

Counts

Words

Characters (with spaces)

Characters (no spaces)

Sentences

Paragraphs

Lines

Time & averages

Reading time (200 wpm)—

Speaking time (130 wpm)—

Average word length—

Average sentence length—

Longest word—

Keyword density (top 10)

Exclude common stopwords

Word	Count	Density	Share

Type or paste text to see keyword density.

Common caps

Short post (280 characters)0 / 280

Long caption (2,200 characters)0 / 2,200

How it works

A word is a run of characters separated by spaces. A sentence ends at a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark; a final fragment without a terminator still counts as one sentence. Paragraphs are blocks of text separated by blank lines. Reading time assumes 200 words per minute and speaking time 130 words per minute. Keyword density counts each word as a share of all words; words shorter than three letters and, by default, common stopwords like "the" and "and" are left out of the table.