Word Counter Online
Count words, characters, lines and paragraphs in real time. Perfect for writers, students, editors and anyone who needs to analyze text length. No limits, no registration.
What is a word counter useful for?
A word counter is essential for multiple situations:
- Academic writing: Meet essay, thesis and assignment limits
- Web content and SEO: Optimize article length and meta descriptions
- Social media: Check character limits for tweets, posts and bios
- Professional editing: Adjust texts to exact specifications
- Translation: Calculate work volume and budgets
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Frequently asked questions
How does this tool count words?
The tool counts as a word any sequence of characters separated by spaces, line breaks or tabs. This is the standard method used by most word processors.
What's the difference between characters and characters without spaces?
"Characters" include everything: letters, numbers, punctuation and spaces. "Characters without spaces" exclude all whitespace, useful for certain writing metrics.
How are paragraphs counted?
A paragraph is defined as a block of text separated by one or more blank lines. Simple line breaks don't create a new paragraph.
Does it work with non-Latin languages?
Yes, the tool works correctly with any language and writing system, including Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Cyrillic and more.
Is there a text limit?
No limit. You can analyze texts of any length, from a tweet to a complete book.
Is my data secure?
Completely. All processing is done locally in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server.