Word Counter

Count Words and Characters

Paste or type your text into the box above and select Count Words to see the total number of words and characters in your text.

A word counter is useful when you are working with an article, assignment, product description, advertisement, social media post or another piece of writing that has a length requirement.

How to Use the Word Counter

1. Enter or paste your text into the text box.

2. Select Count Words.

3. Review the total word and character counts shown in the result.

What the Results Mean

Total Words: Shows the number of words identified in the submitted text.

Total Characters: Shows the total number of characters detected in the submitted text.

Why Word Counts Can Differ Between Tools

Different applications may treat punctuation, hyphenated terms, contractions, numbers, symbols and non-Latin text differently. Because of these differences, the count shown by one application may occasionally differ from another.

If you are preparing text for a platform with a strict submission limit, check the final count in that platform before publishing.

Common Uses

Writers can check article or assignment length. Marketers can review advertising and page copy. Ecommerce teams can check product descriptions, while students and editors can quickly verify whether text is close to a required word limit.

Privacy

[IF TRUE: Your submitted text is processed in your browser and is not stored on our servers.] If that is not technically true, replace this sentence with an accurate description of how submitted text is processed and retained.