Instantly count the words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and reading time in a text.
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Reading time is estimated at ~200 words per minute. Counting happens instantly, in the browser — the text never leaves your device.
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The word count is found by splitting the text on spaces; reading time, by dividing the words by the average reading speed:
A 400-word text has a reading time of 400 ÷ 200 = 2 minutes; counting characters and sentences is instant.
Words are the sequences of characters separated by spaces. The calculator splits the text on spaces and counts the resulting segments, ignoring multiple spaces.
The total character count includes spaces, punctuation and everything you type. The “no spaces” one excludes spaces, useful for limits that refer to actual characters.
The number of words is divided by an average reading speed, usually 200 words per minute. A 400-word text reads in about 2 minutes.
To meet limits on essays, papers, articles, social media posts or SEO meta descriptions, and to estimate the reading or writing effort.
By the sentence-ending marks: period, question mark and exclamation mark. Abbreviations with a period may sometimes be miscounted, as in any automatic count.
No. Counting happens entirely in your browser, and the text is not sent to any server and not saved. You can safely work with sensitive content.
Roughly, an A4 page at 12-point font with normal spacing has around 500 words. The number varies with the font, margins and line spacing.
Remove filler words, turn long sentences into short ones, use active verbs and cut repetition. Rereading with fresh eyes highlights what to trim.