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Word Count

Free online text counter for characters, words, lines, paragraphs, sentences, and byte size

Input text

Statistics

Characters

0

Characters without spaces

0

Words

0

CJK characters

0

Lines

0

Paragraphs

0

Sentences

0

Bytes

0

Reading minutes

0

About this tool

Word count analyzes characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading length for articles, summaries, forms, and scripts. Chinese is commonly constrained by characters, while space-delimited languages such as English are usually measured by words, and the two totals are not interchangeable.

Platforms differ in treatment of spaces, punctuation, emoji, hyphenated terms, and line breaks. Use this tool for drafting and comparison, but follow the destination counter for a strict submission, exam, or advertising limit.

How to use it

  1. Paste the complete text

    Retain real paragraphs and punctuation and include headings, notes, and quotations.

  2. Read the relevant metrics

    Use character count for character-based limits and words for English, along with paragraphs and reading time.

  3. Edit toward the target

    Remove repetition and empty phrasing first, then recheck in the destination platform.

Input and output example

Every metric for one mixed-script line. The gap between counting CJK by character and Latin by word is visible at a glance.

Input text
Hello 世界。This is a test line.
Counts
Characters (with spaces)     30
Characters (no spaces)      25
Words                        7
Lines                        1
Sentences                    2
Byte size (UTF-8)           34 B

Supported range and limits

What it counts
Characters, words, lines, paragraphs, sentences and byte size
CJK vs Latin
CJK is counted per character, Latin per whitespace-delimited word. Mixed text produces two very different numbers
Byte size
Computed as UTF-8, where a CJK character usually takes 3 bytes; so bytes far exceed characters
With and without spaces
Both character counts are shown, since a submission limit normally means one specific one
Sentence detection
Split on terminal punctuation; abbreviations, decimals and ellipses can throw it off
Where it runs
Entirely in the browser; nothing is uploaded, so unpublished drafts are safe

When you would use it

  • Meeting a submission length

    Check whether an abstract, biography, or article is near its limit.

  • Estimating spoken duration

    Use words and an average pace to plan a talk, video narration, or lesson.

  • Checking translation expansion

    Translations often run substantially longer than the source, and comparing character and word counts flags a layout overflow before it happens.

What to know before you start

  • Reading time is an average; technical content, a second language, and deliberate pauses change real duration.
  • One visible emoji or composed character can contain multiple Unicode code points.
  • Segmentation rules produce different counts for Chinese words and hyphenated English terms.

Related concepts

character
A text-counting unit that an implementation may measure by Unicode code points or sequences.
word segmentation
The language-dependent process of dividing continuous text into words.

Frequently asked questions

Does Word Count upload my text?
No. Character, word, line, paragraph, and byte counts are calculated locally in your browser.
How are mixed Chinese and English texts counted?
The tool shows characters, non-space characters, words, and CJK character counts separately, so it works well for Chinese, English, and mixed text.
Why does my count differ from Word's?
Different definitions. Word counts CJK characters including punctuation under "characters (no spaces)", and platforms disagree on whether punctuation, digits and spaces count at all. Several figures are shown here precisely so you can match whichever one your target uses.
A submission says "3000 words"; which number is that?
In a CJK context it usually means characters including punctuation; in English it usually means words. When the rule is unstated, follow the publisher's guidance, or work to the more conservative figure; staying under the larger number is never wrong.

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