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About the Word Counter

The Word Counter counts the words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in your text as you type. It helps writers, students and bloggers stay within essay limits, article lengths, caption limits and application word counts.

How to use the Word Counter

1. Type or paste your text into the box.
2. See the word, character, sentence and paragraph counts update.
3. Edit the text until it meets your target length.

Frequently asked questions

How are words counted?

Words are groups of characters separated by spaces or line breaks.

Is my text stored?

No. The counting happens in your browser and your text is not sent anywhere.

How the Word Counter works

Paste or type your text and the Word Counter updates instantly as you type. It reports the number of words, characters (including spaces), sentences and paragraphs.

Words are counted by splitting the text wherever there is a space, tab or line break, so "well-known" counts as one word. Sentences are counted by splitting the text at full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.

Worked examples

Consider this text: "ToolMitra is free. Is it easy to use? Yes!" It contains 9 words, 3 sentences and 1 paragraph.

If you add a blank line and write another line of text, the paragraph count becomes 2.

Tips and common mistakes

• Many schools and publishers set word limits for essays, assignments and articles. Check the count before you submit.
• Abbreviations such as "Dr." or numbers such as "3.5" contain full stops, so the sentence count may be slightly higher than expected.
• A page of single-spaced text typically holds roughly 400 to 500 words, though it depends on the font and layout.
• Search-friendly web articles often run from 600 words upward, but quality and usefulness matter more than length.
• Your text stays in your browser and is not uploaded.

More questions about the Word Counter

Does the Word Counter count Hindi or other languages?

Yes. It splits on spaces, so it works for any language that separates words with spaces, including Hindi written in Devanagari.

How is a word defined?

Any group of characters separated by whitespace is one word. Hyphenated words and words with apostrophes count as one.

Is there a limit on text length?

There is no fixed limit, but very large documents may slow down your browser.

How is this different from the Character Counter?

The Word Counter focuses on words, sentences and paragraphs. The Character Counter shows the character total with and without spaces.

Related tools

• Character Counter – count characters with and without spaces
• Case Converter – change the capitalisation of your text
• Remove Duplicate Lines – clean lists of repeated lines
• Text to Speech – listen to your text for proofreading

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