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A word counter is a tool that counts the number of words in a piece of text. It is useful for writers, students, developers, and anyone who needs to hit a specific word limit or check the length of their content.
This tool goes beyond a basic word count. It also counts characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, and lines. It estimates reading time based on an average reading speed of 200 words per minute and speaking time based on 130 words per minute.
Writers use it to stay within a word limit for articles and essays. Students use it for assignments that have a minimum or maximum word count. Developers use it to check the length of strings and content. SEO professionals use it to make sure meta descriptions and page content hit the right length targets.
No. Everything runs in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server and is not saved anywhere. When you close the tab it is gone.
Reading time is based on an average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute which is a typical presentation pace. These are estimates and actual times will vary.
Sentences are counted by looking for full stops, exclamation marks, and question marks. It is an estimate and may not be perfectly accurate for all writing styles.
A paragraph is counted as any block of text separated by a blank line. Single line breaks without a blank line are not counted as new paragraphs.
No hard limit. Since everything runs in the browser the limit is your device memory. The tool handles large documents without any issues.