Get an Exact Word Count as You Type

Paste or type your text into the box, and the exact word count updates live with every keystroke.

Yes. Alongside words, you see character counts with and without spaces, plus sentence and paragraph totals.

Yes. It counts standard word boundaries, which matches how most editors and publishers count words.

No. Counting happens entirely in your browser, so your writing stays private.

The tool handles long documents comfortably - paste a full article or thesis chapter without worry.

Alongside words and characters, the tool estimates reading time at roughly 200 words per minute and speaking time at about 130 words per minute. That helps you check whether a speech, presentation script or video narration fits its time slot before you deliver it.

Yes. The live character count, with and without spaces, makes it easy to stay inside platform limits for posts, titles and SEO meta descriptions. Paste your draft, trim it while watching the counter, and copy it out once both the word count and character count fit.

Small differences usually come from hyphenated words, numbers or stray punctuation, which editors treat slightly differently. This counter splits text on whitespace, so a hyphenated term counts as one word, matching most editors. Large gaps often mean hidden characters or pasted formatting in one of the tools.

Yes. Type or paste your essay and watch the total climb in real time, together with sentence and paragraph counts that help you structure longer work. Because counting runs entirely in your browser, drafts of coursework, articles and applications stay private on your device.

Yes. Paste text from almost any source and the counts update instantly, including words, characters, sentences and paragraphs. Pasted line breaks from PDFs can split sentences oddly, so if the sentence total looks strange, tidy the spacing first and the paragraph and sentence counts will settle.