Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and estimate reading time. Just type or paste your text below.
The word counter splits your text by whitespace to count words, counts all characters including spaces, detects sentences by punctuation marks (.!?), identifies paragraphs by blank lines, and estimates reading time at 200 words per minute.
The average adult reading speed is about 200-250 words per minute. This tool uses 200 WPM for a conservative estimate of reading time.
Yes. The tool shows both total characters (including spaces) and characters without spaces, which is useful for platforms that have character limits.