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Word Count
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and lines in any text.
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About this tool
Paste or type text and get live counts of words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and lines. Everything is calculated in your browser as you type, and nothing is uploaded. Words are groups of characters separated by whitespace. A sentence ends at a period, question mark or exclamation mark followed by a space or the end of the text, and decimals and common abbreviations do not count; paragraphs are separated by blank lines. The numbers are good estimates for ordinary prose rather than a linguistic analysis.
How to use it
- Paste or type your text into the box.
- Read the counts, which update as you type.
- Edit the text and watch the numbers change to hit a target length.
Example
Counts for a short two-sentence text.
Input
Hello world. This is a test.
Result
Words: 6 Characters: 28 Characters (no spaces): 23 Sentences: 2 Paragraphs: 1 Lines: 1
Common problems
- Sentence count is a little off
- Decimals like 3.14 and the common abbreviations (Dr., e.g., i.e.) are handled, but unusual abbreviations such as Corp. still end a sentence.
- Paragraph count is lower than expected
- Paragraphs are separated by a blank line. Text with only single line breaks counts as one paragraph, though each line is still counted under Lines.
- Word count differs from another tool
- Words are split on whitespace only, so "well-known" is one word and "word — word" with spaced dashes counts the dash as a word.