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Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading and speaking time, and keyword frequency while keeping text in your browser.
Keyword frequency
Common words are ignored.
| Word | Count | Density |
|---|---|---|
| Start typing to see keyword frequency. | ||
How to use this word counter
- Paste or type your text into the editor.
- Review the live word, character, sentence, paragraph, reading time, and speaking time totals.
- Adjust reading or speaking speed when estimating an article, script, speech, or presentation.
- Use keyword frequency to spot repeated terms before publishing or submitting your text.
Word Counter features
- Count words in pasted or typed text.
- Count characters with and without spaces.
- Count sentences and paragraphs.
- Estimate reading time from selectable reading speeds.
- Estimate speaking time from selectable speaking speeds.
- Calculate average word length.
- Show keyword frequency while ignoring common words.
- Choose top 5, top 10, or top 20 keyword results.
- Use live totals while drafting, editing, or checking submission limits.
What this word counter is useful for
Use this word counter for essays, articles, social posts, speeches, newsletters, product copy, metadata, and any text with a length target. It counts text locally in your browser, so pasted drafts are not uploaded.
Writing checks
- Check essay, article, and assignment word limits
- Estimate reading time for posts and newsletters
- Estimate speaking time for scripts and presentations
Content checks
- Review character counts before publishing
- Find repeated words and common keyword patterns
- Compare paragraph and sentence density while editing
How words and reading time are calculated
The tool counts word-like tokens made from letters or numbers, including contractions and hyphenated terms. Reading time divides the word count by the selected words-per-minute speed. Keyword frequency lowercases words, removes common stop words, and shows each remaining word's share of the total word count.
Word counter FAQ
Does this word counter upload my text?
No. Counts, reading time, speaking time, and keyword frequency are calculated in your browser.
Are spaces included in character count?
The tool shows both total characters and characters without whitespace so you can use whichever count your platform requires.
Why are common words missing from keyword frequency?
Common stop words such as the, and, of, and to are ignored so repeated topic words are easier to scan.
Use counts that match the writing task
A word count is produced by a tokenization rule, not by a universal definition of a word. Hyphenated terms, contractions, numbers, URLs, emoji, and languages without spaces can be counted differently by editors and publishing systems. Use the required platform's count for a hard legal, academic, or submission limit.
Character limits may include spaces, punctuation, or line breaks, and some systems count encoded units rather than user-perceived characters. A composed accented letter and a visually identical sequence can have different underlying code points. Paste a representative final version into the destination when one extra character can cause rejection.
Sentence counts are estimates because periods also appear in abbreviations, initials, decimals, domains, and quotations. Paragraph counts depend on line-break conventions and blank lines. Use the figures to understand shape and pace, then read the text. A short sentence can still be difficult, and a long sentence can be clear when well structured.
Reading time is a planning estimate based on an assumed speed. Technical prose, unfamiliar names, equations, code, tables, and second-language reading can be much slower. A practiced speaker may also pause for slides, demonstrations, laughter, questions, or interpretation. Rehearse timed material aloud rather than editing only to the displayed estimate.
Keyword frequency is most useful for catching accidental repetition. It does not tell whether a page answers the reader's question, uses a term accurately, or deserves to rank in search. Replace awkward repetition with precise language, but do not force synonyms where a technical term should remain consistent.
Review words in context. A frequent name may be appropriate in a legal document, while a repeated transition can make a short article feel mechanical. Sort the frequency list, then search each candidate in the text. Keep necessary repetition and revise only the instances that weaken clarity.
The text is analyzed in the browser for this workflow, which avoids an ordinary document upload. Still, do not paste passwords, private keys, unreleased financial results, health records, legal advice, student records, or customer data when a harmless sample will answer the question. Clipboard tools, extensions, shared devices, and saved drafts can create separate exposure.
Before publishing, use the count requested by the destination, then perform a human edit for structure, accuracy, tone, and accessibility. Check headings, lists, link text, alternative text, quotations, citations, and calls to action. A document can hit the perfect length and still omit the information its reader needs.
Review checklist
- Use the destination's own counter for hard limits and confirm whether spaces, references, captions, code, or footnotes are included.
- Treat sentence, reading-time, speaking-time, and keyword figures as estimates and rehearse or read the actual material.
- Inspect repeated terms in context and keep accurate terminology rather than optimizing a frequency score.
- Remove confidential text when a representative sample is enough and review clipboard, extension, and shared-device risks.
- Finish with a human edit for accuracy, structure, citations, accessibility, tone, and the reader's unanswered questions.
- Check the final file rather than an earlier draft after tracked changes, comments, references, captions, or front matter are accepted.
- Separate body-copy limits from metadata, title, abstract, bibliography, appendix, and footnote limits when the submission gives each its own rule.
- For speeches, add planned pauses, demonstrations, questions, interpretation, introductions, and transitions to the rehearsal time.
- For translated or multilingual text, use the target language's segmentation and destination counter instead of extrapolating from English spacing.
- Review tables, equations, code, and lists that can take significant reading time while contributing few ordinary words.
- Keep source quotations and citations accurate when shortening; never trim context in a way that changes the cited author's meaning.
- Save the final count, counter definition, version, and date with a submission when compliance with a limit may be questioned.
- Check whether URLs, emoji, em dashes, apostrophes, hyphenated compounds, and numerals are counted as the destination expects.
- Do not pad short work with repeated phrases; add missing evidence, examples, definitions, limitations, or reader actions instead.
- When cutting length, preserve qualifications and source context so the shorter version does not become more certain than the evidence.
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