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✍️ Word Counter

Paste or type text and get live counts of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs — plus estimated reading and speaking time. Your text never leaves the page.

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Reading time assumes ~200 words per minute; speaking time ~130 wpm (average presentation pace).

About the Word Counter

Word counts gate a surprising amount of life: essays and dissertations have hard limits, X/Twitter posts have character caps, meta descriptions live around 155 characters, LinkedIn posts decay after ~1,300, and medium-form articles are judged by estimated reading time.

Reading and speaking time estimates are the underrated half of this tool: they tell you whether your blog post is a 3-minute skim or a 12-minute commitment, and whether your speech fits the 5-minute slot on the conference agenda. Tidying the text itself is the other half of writing it, and the case converter fixes the capitalisation that sneaks in from a stuck Caps Lock key or a pasted headline.

Frequently asked questions

How are words counted?

A word is any run of characters separated by whitespace — so “state-of-the-art” counts as one word and “don't” as one word. Hyphenated compounds and numbers attached to text follow the same rule.

How many words is a page?

A single-spaced page in a typical 12 pt font holds roughly 500 words; double-spaced about 250. Universities usually quote 250–275 words per double-spaced page.

Is my text uploaded anywhere?

No. The counter runs entirely in your browser — you can even disconnect from the internet while typing and it keeps counting.