This word counter updates while you type. It reports words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and lines, and estimates how long the text takes to read or speak aloud.
Your data is processed locally in your browser and is not uploaded to our server.
Estimates assume 200 words per minute for reading and 130 for speaking, rounded up to whole minutes.
Words = word-like segments returned by the browser’s text segmenter
Word counting uses the standard Unicode word segmentation rules for the selected language. Punctuation and standalone symbols are not counted, and languages written without spaces are segmented correctly.
Reading minutes = words ÷ 200; Speaking minutes = words ÷ 130
The estimates assume 200 words per minute for silent reading and 130 words per minute for speaking aloud. They are rounded up to whole minutes and are indicative only.
A paragraph of 42 words and 231 characters, with two sentences.
Reading time is about 1 minute and speaking time about 1 minute, because both estimates round up.
A Chinese sentence written without spaces between words.
The character count stays exact, while the word count follows the segmentation of the selected language instead of splitting on spaces.
Characters are counted as Unicode code points, so an emoji counts as one character rather than two UTF-16 units. Combined emoji sequences may still be made of several code points.
A line break starts a new line; a paragraph requires a blank line between blocks. A text with five lines can still contain only two paragraphs.
Reading and speaking speeds vary by person, language and content. Treat the times as planning estimates, not precise measurements.
Both figures are shown. The main character count includes spaces; the second counter excludes all whitespace, including tabs and line breaks.
The counter uses the browser’s Unicode word segmenter for the page language, so text without spaces is split into words instead of being treated as one long word.
No. Punctuation and standalone symbols are excluded from the word count, although they still count as characters.
Silent reading is estimated at 200 words per minute and speaking at 130 words per minute. Both results are rounded up to the next whole minute.
No. Counting happens in your browser; the text never leaves the page and is not sent to a server.