Word and Character Counter
Count words, characters, lines, sentences and paragraphs in the browser, with context for limits that measure spaces differently. Processing takes place loca…
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What Word and Character Counter does
Count words, characters, lines, sentences and paragraphs in the browser, with context for limits that measure spaces differently.
Worked example
The quick brown fox jumps.
5 words · 26 characters including spaces
How the result is produced
The tool separates text using whitespace and punctuation rules, then reports several independent totals. Writing systems without spaces and unusual punctuation can produce different word or sentence boundaries.
Useful workflows
- Check article, essay and application length
- Fit descriptions into platform character limits
- Compare revisions without uploading draft text
Important limits
- Platforms may count emoji, combined characters and line breaks differently.
- Hyphenated terms and contractions can follow different editorial rules.
- A word count measures length, not readability or quality.
Frequently asked questions
Do spaces count as characters?
The tool reports character totals so you can distinguish counts that include spaces from those that do not.
Why can another editor show a different word count?
Editors use different rules for hyphens, apostrophes, emoji and languages without spaces.
How are hyphenated words counted?
Counting depends on token boundaries, so hyphenated terms and apostrophes may differ from a word processor’s language-specific rules.
Processing takes place locally in your browser.