Word & Character Counter

The word counter splits your text by whitespace to tally words, detects sentence-ending punctuation for sentence counts, and identifies paragraph breaks by double line breaks. All statistics including character count, reading time, and keyword density update in real time as you type.

Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, the accepted average for adult English reading speed. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute, reflecting a typical presentation or conversational pace. Both estimates help writers plan blog posts, speeches, and video scripts to a target duration.

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 perfect for checking word count limits on college essays, research papers, SEO blog posts, and social media captions. It also shows character counts with and without spaces, which is useful for platforms like Twitter and meta description fields that enforce strict character limits.