Word & Character Counter
Word & Character Counter
Paste or type any text to instantly see its word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and average word length — useful for essays, social posts, and word-limited submissions.
Word count splits the text on whitespace after trimming extra spaces, so accidental double-spacing between words doesn't inflate the total, while sentence count splits on periods, exclamation points, and question marks to give a reasonable estimate of sentence structure. Paragraph count is based on blank-line breaks — a double line break is treated as the boundary between paragraphs — which makes this a fast, all-in-one check before submitting an essay, cover letter, or any piece of writing with a strict length requirement.
- Word count splits on whitespace after trimming, so extra spaces between words don't inflate the count.
- Sentence count splits on periods, exclamation points, and question marks.
- Paragraph count is based on blank-line breaks (a double line break separates paragraphs).
Does this count spaces as characters?
The "with spaces" figure includes every character including spaces; the "no spaces" figure removes all whitespace before counting.
Why might sentence count be slightly off?
Abbreviations like "Dr." or "e.g." contain periods that aren't sentence endings, which can occasionally inflate the sentence count — a known limitation of simple punctuation-based splitting.
Word & Character Counter
Paste or type any text to instantly see its word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, and average word length — useful for essays, social posts, and word-limited submissions.
Word count splits the text on whitespace after trimming extra spaces, so accidental double-spacing between words doesn't inflate the total, while sentence count splits on periods, exclamation points, and question marks to give a reasonable estimate of sentence structure. Paragraph count is based on blank-line breaks — a double line break is treated as the boundary between paragraphs — which makes this a fast, all-in-one check before submitting an essay, cover letter, or any piece of writing with a strict length requirement.
- Word count splits on whitespace after trimming, so extra spaces between words don't inflate the count.
- Sentence count splits on periods, exclamation points, and question marks.
- Paragraph count is based on blank-line breaks (a double line break separates paragraphs).
Does this count spaces as characters?
The "with spaces" figure includes every character including spaces; the "no spaces" figure removes all whitespace before counting.
Why might sentence count be slightly off?
Abbreviations like "Dr." or "e.g." contain periods that aren't sentence endings, which can occasionally inflate the sentence count — a known limitation of simple punctuation-based splitting.