Word Counter
Paste or type your text below. Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time update as you type.
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Free online word counter
The Word Counter counts your words and characters live as you type, along with sentences, paragraphs, reading time, speaking time and average word length. It is ideal for essays and assignments with a word limit, blog posts, social captions, speeches and any writing where length matters. Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
Working with text? You may also like the Character Counter and Reading Time tools.
Words, pages, reading & speaking time
A quick reference for how word count translates into length and time (single-spaced, average pace).
| Words | Pages | Read | Speak |
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| 250 | 0.5 | 2 min | 2 min |
| 500 | 1 | 3 min | 4 min |
| 750 | 1.5 | 4 min | 6 min |
| 1,000 | 2 | 5 min | 8 min |
| 1,500 | 3 | 8 min | 12 min |
| 2,000 | 4 | 10 min | 16 min |
| 5,000 | 10 | 25 min | 39 min |
| 10,000 | 20 | 50 min | 77 min |
Pages are approximate — double-spaced is roughly twice as many. Reading uses 200 words per minute and speaking 130.
What it counts
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Words — groups of characters separated by spaces
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Characters — with and without spaces
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Sentences & paragraphs — sentences end in . ! or ?; paragraphs are split by blank lines
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Reading & speaking time — at 200 and 130 words per minute
How to use it
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Type or paste your text into the box
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Watch every count update instantly as you write
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Copy the text or stats, download a .txt, or clear and start again
Frequently asked questions
It counts words as groups of characters separated by spaces or line breaks, which matches how most editors, schools and publishers count words.
Roughly 2 pages single-spaced, or about 4 pages double-spaced, in a standard 12-point font. Exact length depends on the font, spacing and margins.
About 5 minutes for an average reader at 200 words per minute. A faster reader at 300 wpm would take a little over 3 minutes.
Around 650 words, based on a typical speaking pace of about 130 words per minute. Slow down for emphasis and you may use fewer.
A sentence is text ending in a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. A paragraph is a block of text separated from the next by a blank line.
Yes. Every count — words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading and speaking time — updates instantly as you type or paste.
Yes. All counting happens in your browser on your device. Your text is never uploaded or saved when you close the page.
Yes. It works in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer, with no app to install and nothing to sign up for.
Yes, it is completely free with no sign-up and no limits.