About this tool
Count words in articles, emails, essays, and drafts without leaving the browser.
Word Counter is built for quick copy review when you need more than a rough guess. It helps writers, marketers, students, and editors measure words, characters, and reading length before pasting content into forms, CMS fields, briefs, or publishing workflows.
- Uses Unicode word-like and grapheme segmentation so punctuation-only tokens and joined emoji are not misreported as ordinary words or multiple visible characters.
- Reports sentences, paragraphs, line endings, unique terms, average lengths, reading time, and repeated terms after filtering common English stop words.
- Compares drafts with generic or custom word and character targets while labeling platform presets as drafting guidance rather than guarantees.
- Processes up to 1,000,000 characters locally with explicit empty, sample, and clear states.
How to use Word Counter
Paste the text, review the counts, and use the totals to decide whether the draft fits the limit or needs trimming. If the copy is going into a constrained field such as SEO metadata or a social post, test the real final text rather than an earlier draft so the counts stay meaningful.
When this tool is useful
- Uses Unicode word-like and grapheme segmentation so punctuation-only tokens and joined emoji are not misreported as ordinary words or multiple visible characters.
- Reports sentences, paragraphs, line endings, unique terms, average lengths, reading time, and repeated terms after filtering common English stop words.
- Compares drafts with generic or custom word and character targets while labeling platform presets as drafting guidance rather than guarantees.
- Processes up to 1,000,000 characters locally with explicit empty, sample, and clear states.
Examples you can test
Load an example, compare the result with the expected output, then replace it with your own input.
Meta description draft
Example input
Format, validate, minify, and inspect JSON payloads in your browser with copy-ready output.
Expected output
13 words, 93 characters
Short SEO and product copy should be checked as final text, because one extra phrase can push it past a target field length.
Editorial intro paragraph
Example input
Remote teams need meeting times that are possible and humane. A good overlap window respects local working hours, meeting duration, and the practical cost of very early or late calls.
Expected output
29 words, about 10 seconds reading time
Reading-time estimates help decide whether a section should stay as one paragraph or be split into a clearer structure.
Validation checklist
- Measure the exact final draft instead of a placeholder or earlier version.
- Check both word count and character count when copy will be pasted into forms, snippets, bios, or ads.
- Use the result as an editing signal, not as a substitute for checking clarity and intent.