Friendly Toolkit
Word Counter
How many words is it?
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs, with reading time.
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Words and sentences are found with your browser's built-in language rules (Intl.Segmenter), so the
counter works for English, Hindi, Tamil, Chinese, Japanese and most other languages. Characters are counted as
you see them, so an emoji or an accented letter counts as one.
Reading time assumes 238 words a minute (the average for adults reading silently), and speaking time assumes 150 words a minute.
Good to know
Does it count hyphenated words as one word?
Yes. "Well-known" is one word, and so are contractions like "don't". Numbers such as 2,500 count as one word too.
What counts as a paragraph?
A block of text separated from the next by a blank line. A single line break inside a block doesn't start a new paragraph.
Why is my word processor's count slightly different?
Apps disagree on edge cases like dashes, URLs and numbers with spaces. The difference is usually one or two words.
Is my text private?
Yes. Everything is counted in your browser. Your text is never uploaded or saved.