Count words, characters, lines, sentences, paragraphs and UTF-8 bytes while editing plain text. This browser tool is useful for checking a draft before pasting it into a form or editor with its own length limit.
How to use this tool
- Type or paste a draft in Your text.
- Read the live statistics and edit the draft as needed.
- Use Copy text to copy the content, or Clear to empty it.
How to interpret the result
Words are counted by whitespace-separated groups. Sentences use punctuation and paragraphs use blank lines, so abbreviations and languages without spaces may differ from a word processor. The result counts the text supplied, not the contents of an uploaded document.
Frequently asked questions
Why does another editor show a different word count?
Editors use different word-boundary rules for hyphens, symbols and languages. Use the destination system count when a submission has a strict limit.