Word & Character Counter
Paste or type text to count words, characters, sentences, and more.
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How It Works
Word counters are useful for essays and academic papers (minimum word requirements), social media posts (Twitter's 280-character limit, LinkedIn's 3,000-character limit), SEO content (search engines favor articles of 1,500–2,500 words for competitive topics), and professional writing where brevity matters.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, which is the average adult silent reading
speed. Sentence detection uses punctuation heuristics (., !, ?) and may slightly undercount sentences with abbreviations like "Dr." or "U.S."