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word counter word count tool word counter character counter typing test 1 minute default 15 second test 30 second test 1 minute test 2 minute test 3 minute test 5 minute test 10 minute test typing speed guide tools scrabble word finder pomodoro timer mind map words to pages reading time wpm calculator speech time password generator twitter x counter tweet thread splitter text diff compare list randomizer lorem ipsum word frequency see all 80 tools stylized text all stylized text 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 text 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤 text s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 fancy ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔ text z̛͝a̢͠l̛g̛͠o̕ upside down 𝐁𝐢𝐨nic reading case all case converters all 12 in one tool uppercase lowercase title case sentence case camelcase pascalcase snake_case kebab case constant_case dot case swap inverse alternating utilities all text utilities remove duplicate lines remove blank lines sort lines trim whitespace find replace rot13 cipher base64 encode decode url encode decode html entity encode decode random number hashtag generator url slug generator markdown html html markdown repeat text pangram checker vowel consonant translators all translators binary translator morse code nato phonetic pirate translator yoda translator shakespeare acrostic poem guides all guides word count guide typing speed guide writing guide readability guide encoding guide twitter thread guide markdown guide book word counts blog more start here faq glossary all tools embed tools contact word counter paste or type your text counts and readability update in real time upper lower title sentence 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤 s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶ reverse more sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴄᴀᴘs 𝓒𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 ⓑⓤⓑⓑⓛⓔ upside down 𝐁𝐢𝐨nic trim whitespace remove duplicates sort lines snake_case kebab case camelcase pascalcase constant_case clear copy upload file 0 words 0 chars 0 chars no spaces 0 sentences 0 paragraphs 0 min reading 0 min speaking flesch ease grade level top keywords all readability scores gunning fog smog automated readability index coleman liau avg words sentence avg syllables word try your text in another tool your text follows you click any tile to open that tool with your current text pre loaded character counter 𝕏 twitter x counter aa case converter 𝐁 bold text 𝘐 italic text ᴀ small caps 𝓒 cursive ⓑ bubble text z̛ zalgo glitch 𝐁i bionic reading find replace remove duplicates a sort lines trim whitespace thread splitter word frequency b64 base64 markdown html see all 80 explore by category browse every tool grouped into a hub each page explains what each tool does and when to use it aa case converters 𝐀 stylized text text utilities translators all guides start here how to use the word counter paste or type your text into the box above the word counter updates in real time as you write there s nothing to install no signup no waiting for a server round trip counts reading time and readability scores recalculate on every keystroke and the original text never leaves your browser paste or type your text in the editor read your counts in the sidebar words characters sentences paragraphs syllables check readability with the flesch reading ease and flesch kincaid grade level shown alongside adjust the case copy the result or upload a txt file using the toolbar what our word counter measures a good word counter does more than count whitespace separated tokens ours reports nine metrics that writers students marketers and editors actually use words every whitespace separated token exactly how microsoft word google docs and most academic word counters count characters with spaces the total length of your text useful for tweets sms and ad copy characters without spaces the standard for translation pricing transcription and printing sentences split on terminal punctuation and line breaks paragraphs split on blank lines syllables heuristic english syllable count used for readability formulas reading time at 250 words per minute the silent reading average speaking time at 130 words per minute typical conference podcast pace readability scores flesch reading ease flesch kincaid grade level plus gunning fog smog ari and coleman liau under all readability scores why word count matters word count is one of the few writing metrics that has direct business consequences search engines weight content depth publishers and clients commission by length and platforms enforce hard limits a reliable word counter is therefore part of every modern writer s toolchain seo articles while word count is not a direct ranking factor longer content correlates strongly with topical coverage recent serp studies place top ranking blog posts between 1 500 and 2 500 words for competitive informational queries use the word counter to confirm your draft hits its target before publishing and pair it with the readability scores below to ensure you re long and easy to read academic essays most universities specify essay length in words rather than pages a 1 000 word essay leaves room for a tight thesis three to four supporting paragraphs and a conclusion but only if you measure as you write read more in our blog post on how many pages 1 000 words is social media and ad copy twitter x caps posts at 280 characters google ads headlines at 30 meta descriptions render best at 155 160 switch to our character counter for character bounded platforms or stay here and watch the characters with spaces line on the sidebar books and novels publishers think in word counts a standard adult novel is 80 000 100 000 words ya is 50 000 80 000 a novella is 20 000 40 000 see our deep dive on word counts of famous novels to benchmark your manuscript word count guidelines by content type content type typical word count tweet x post 50 words 280 characters meta description 23 words 155 characters instagram caption up to 2 200 characters 138 words sweet spot linkedin post 1 200 1 600 characters email newsletter 200 500 words blog post informational 1 500 2 500 words seo pillar page 2 500 5 000 words college essay 500 1 500 words master s thesis 15 000 25 000 words phd dissertation 60 000 120 000 words novella 20 000 40 000 words novel 80 000 100 000 words how we count words different word counters use different rules which is why your draft can show 1 234 words in microsoft word and 1 251 words elsewhere our tokenizer follows the most widely used convention tokens are separated by any whitespace spaces tabs newlines numbers are words i ate 3 apples counts as four words hyphenated compounds count as one word well known 1 contractions count as one word don t 1 urls and emails count as one word each punctuation never counts as a word the character counter applies the same unicode aware rules so emoji and accented letters count predictably regardless of language readability scores explained readability formulas estimate how hard a passage is to read by combining sentence length and word complexity aim for the score appropriate to your audience too low reads as patronising too high alienates readers flesch reading ease 0 100 higher easier 90 100 very easy 5th grade reading level 60 70 standard 8th 9th grade recommended for most online writing 30 50 difficult college level 0 30 very difficult best understood by university graduates most successful blog posts and product pages score 60 70 academic papers and legal documents typically score below 30 flesch kincaid grade level translates the same data into a us school grade a score of 8 0 means an eighth grader could understand the text most popular books target grade 7 to 9 gunning fog smog ari coleman liau four additional grade level estimators with slightly different formulas they tend to agree within a grade or two large divergences usually mean unusual punctuation or short sample size privacy your text never leaves your browser the word counter runs entirely in javascript on this page counts readability scores and keyword density are computed locally no text is sent to a server no analytics ping with your draft attached no third party ai service touches your work you can verify by opening your browser s network panel while typing there are no outbound requests carrying your text word counter vs character counter use the word counter when you re writing prose with a target length essay blog post novel chapter you re paid or graded by the word you care about reading time and readability use the character counter when you re writing for a platform with a hard character limit twitter x sms meta tags you re estimating translation cost most agencies price per character you re typesetting and need to fit a fixed column width more tools for writers word count tool also offers character counter for platforms with character limits words to pages convert your word count into pages reading time calculator for blog post planning word frequency counter top keywords density scrabble word finder anagram solver with letter scoring pomodoro timer focused 25 minute writing sprints mind map quickly outline an article before drafting typing test measure your writing speed in wpm embed any of these tools on your own site free no signup continue reading the complete word count guide every word count topic page conversion and tool in one place for webmasters embed any of our tools on your site free iframe snippets no signup no api key frequently asked questions how accurate is this word counter counts match microsoft word and google docs to within 1 on standard prose the only edge cases where they differ are very unusual hyphenation or non latin scripts even then we agree within a few words on a 1 000 word document does the word counter work offline once the page is loaded yes every count is computed in your browser you can disconnect from the internet and keep typing counts will continue updating in real time does it count numbers as words yes there were 3 apples counts as 4 words matching the convention used by microsoft word google docs and most academic word counters how is reading time calculated reading time uses 250 words per minute the average silent reading speed of an adult speaking time uses 130 words per minute typical for a conference or podcast pace why is my flesch score so low long sentences technical jargon or many multi syllable words drive the score down shorten sentences prefer common words and break long paragraphs to push the score above 60 can i save my work we re adding browser side autosave and saved drafts no signup required for now copy the text out before closing the tab the next version will keep it for you automatically does the word counter support languages other than english word and character counts work for any latin script language readability scores assume english syllable rules so they re most accurate for english text embed our tools on your website free for any site no signup iframe loads from our servers and stays up to date automatically embed the word counter copy this snippet auto resizes copy button works blockquote class wordcounttool embed data wct tool word 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diff compare encoders rot13 cipher base64 url encode decode html entities markdown html html markdown word games scrabble finder word unscrambler productivity pomodoro timer typing test mind map tweet thread splitter guides word count guide readability guide typing speed guide writing guide encoding guide twitter thread guide markdown guide book word counts about contact contribute advertising privacy policy terms conditions affiliate disclosure comparisons vs microsoft word vs google docs best free counters character vs word resources blog faq glossary all tools embed our tools 2026 word count tool all rights reserved free word counter character counter and writing tools no signup no upload your text never leaves your browser