Word & Character Counter

The tool splits your text by whitespace to count words, detects sentence-ending punctuation for sentence counts, and identifies paragraph breaks by double line breaks. All statistics update in real time as you type.

Reading time is estimated at an average pace of 200 words per minute, which is a commonly accepted average for adults reading English text. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute, reflecting a typical conversational pace.

Stop words are common words like "the", "is", "and", and "to" that are filtered out during keyword analysis. Removing them helps surface the most meaningful and relevant words in your text.

Yes! All processing happens entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server. No data is collected, stored, or transmitted.

Absolutely. This tool is ideal for checking word counts for essays, research papers, blog posts, social media captions, and any writing that has length requirements.