Word Counter
Paste any text to see live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts, rough reading and speaking times, and the words you use most. Everything runs in your browser.
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Reading time assumes about 200 to 250 words a minute (225 by default) and speaking time about 130 to 150 words a minute. Both are rough estimates; change the speeds to suit your audience.
Quick length checks (soft guides)
Top keywords
How do you use the Word Counter?
- Paste or type your text into the box.
- Read the live counts and estimated reading and speaking times, and adjust the speeds if your audience reads faster or slower.
- Check the top keywords table and the length checks before you publish a page, title or description.
How is reading time estimated?
The tool divides your word count by a reading speed, set to 225 words a minute by default because many adults read somewhere around 200 to 250 words a minute. Speed varies a lot with the reader and the topic, so treat the result as a rough guide.
What does keyword density tell you?
Density is how often a word or phrase appears divided by the total word count, which shows the topics your text leans on. It is a quick sense check, not a ranking target, and text written naturally for readers matters far more than hitting a percentage.
Which guides go with this tool?
What else do people ask about the Word Counter?
How does the tool count words?
It counts groups of characters separated by spaces or line breaks, so hyphenated terms and numbers each count as one word. Other counters may differ slightly on edge cases such as URLs.
Why are words like the and and missing from the keyword table?
Common English stop words are left out so the table shows the words that carry meaning in your text. They still count toward the total used for density.
Are the title and meta description limits exact?
No. Search engines shorten titles and descriptions by pixel width and may rewrite them, so about 60 characters for a title and about 155 for a description are soft guides only.
Is my text stored or uploaded?
No. All counting happens in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.