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Word & Character Counter

Paste or type your text to instantly see word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, reading time and keyword density.

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Your Text

Your Text
Words: 0
Characters: 0
No spaces: 0
Sentences: 0
Paragraphs: 0
Read time: 0 sec
Speak time: 0 sec
Lines: 0
Word Frequency
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Keyword Density (top 10)
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Disclaimer: This tool processes text entirely in your browser -- nothing you type or paste is sent to or stored on our servers.

What This Counter Measures

Word count is the foundation of content planning. Articles for SEO typically target 1,000-2,500 words; blog posts 800-1,500 words; academic essays 500-5,000 words depending on level. This counter also reports character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time at an average reading speed of 200-250 words per minute for adult readers.

Character count matters for platform limits: Twitter/X posts are limited to 280 characters, SMS messages to 160 characters, meta descriptions to approximately 155-160 characters for optimal Google display, and email subject lines to 50-60 characters for best open rates. Keyword density (keyword count divided by total words, times 100) helps with SEO on-page optimization -- the optimal keyword density is generally 1-2% to avoid keyword-stuffing penalties, which is why this tool surfaces your top 10 most frequent words automatically.

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading time is estimated using an average adult silent-reading speed of 200 words per minute, and speaking time using an average speech rate of about 130 words per minute -- both are population averages, so your actual reading or speaking speed for a given piece of text may be faster or slower depending on vocabulary difficulty and familiarity with the topic.
Paragraphs are detected by blank lines (a line break followed by another line break) separating blocks of text. If you paste text where paragraphs are only separated by a single line break rather than a blank line, the counter may merge them into one paragraph -- add a blank line between paragraphs for an accurate count.
No -- all counting and analysis happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is never transmitted to, or stored on, any server, making this safe to use for confidential drafts, unpublished work, or sensitive content.
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