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Word Counter

Instantly count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time.

Paste or type your text below
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Words
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Characters
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
Reading time: 0 sec
Chars (no spaces): 0

What counts as a word?

A word is any sequence of non-whitespace characters separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines.

Reading time

Calculated at 200 words per minute (approx. average reading speed). Useful for estimating blog post, speech, or essay read times.

Privacy

Your text stays in your browser — nothing is ever sent to a server. Type or paste freely.

About This Word Counter

This word counter is built for writers, students, marketers, editors, and anyone who needs fast text statistics without opening a heavy document editor. As you type or paste content, the page updates word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count, characters without spaces, and estimated reading time in real time.

That makes it useful for blog drafts, essays, product descriptions, social posts, presentations, and speech notes. Instead of counting manually or copying text between apps, you can use one lightweight page to measure length and pacing quickly. Because the tool runs in the browser, your text stays on your device, which is helpful when you are working on private notes, drafts, or sensitive content.

Example Use Cases

Essay and assignment limits

Check whether a school or college submission meets the required word count.

Blog editing

Estimate reading time before publishing an article or newsletter.

Social and ad copy

Trim text when character count matters for short-form content.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to check word count in Google Docs offline?
If you have Google Docs Offline enabled, open Docs and use Word count from the Tools menu. If you are offline and can’t access it, you can paste your text into LovePDFs Word Counter here (it runs locally in your browser).
What counts as a word?
This tool treats text separated by spaces, tabs, or line breaks as words.
Does punctuation affect the word count?
Punctuation is included in character counts, but words are mainly separated by whitespace.
How is reading time estimated?
Reading time is estimated from the total number of words using an average reading speed.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The tool works in your browser, so your text remains local to your device.

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