Word / Character Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and lines in real time. Shows reading time, unique words, average word length, and top word frequency.
408
Characters
344
No spaces
63
Words
59
Unique words
5
Sentences
3
Paragraphs
5
Lines
< 1 min
Reading time
@ 200 wpm
5.3 chars
Avg word length
documentation
Longest word
About this tool
Word count is a fundamental metric in writing. Academic papers and essays have minimum or maximum word requirements. SEO content targets recommended word counts for specific search queries (though content quality matters more than raw count). Reading time estimates help readers decide whether to engage with an article before committing. The standard definition of a 'word' is a sequence of non-whitespace characters, which is what this tool uses.
Reading speed varies by content type and individual. Technical and academic text is typically read at 150–200 words per minute, general non-fiction at 200–250 wpm, and leisure fiction at 250–300 wpm. The estimate of 200 wpm used here is deliberately conservative, making it more accurate for the technical content most likely to be analyzed with this tool.
Word frequency analysis reveals what a piece of writing is about by identifying the most common content words — excluding common function words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions) called stop words. High-frequency content words indicate the central topics and are useful for SEO keyword analysis, text summarization, identifying the focus of an essay or article, and checking whether important terminology appears with the expected frequency throughout a document.