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Free Online Word Counter
Count words online plus characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, reading time and speaking time. Paste or type your text below for instant results.
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Word and character counter
How to use the word counter
Read the live totals
Word, character, sentence, paragraph and line counts update as you edit.
Review time estimates
Use the reading and speaking estimates to plan articles, videos and presentations.
What does this word and character counter measure?
Words
Counts word-like terms in your text. Modern browsers use language-aware segmentation, with a Unicode-safe fallback for older browsers.
Characters
Shows characters including spaces and a separate total excluding whitespace, useful for forms and platform limits.
Sentences and paragraphs
Estimates sentences from language boundaries or punctuation and counts text blocks separated by blank lines.
Reading and speaking time
Reading time uses 200 words per minute. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute as a practical presentation estimate.
Common uses for an online word counter
Use the counter to check essays, blog posts, product descriptions, ad copy, emails, scripts and social content before publishing.
Essays and assignments
Check whether your draft meets a minimum or maximum word requirement.
Articles and SEO content
Review length, paragraph structure and estimated reading time before publishing.
Social and advertising copy
Use character totals to keep captions, headlines and descriptions within platform limits.
Frequently asked questions
Paste or type your text into the editor. The free word counter updates the word, character, sentence, paragraph and line totals instantly as you edit.
Yes. “Characters” includes spaces and punctuation. “No spaces” excludes whitespace such as spaces, tabs and line breaks.
No. The calculations run locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your text is not uploaded to Humanify.pro.
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute. Speaking time is estimated at 130 words per minute. Actual speed varies by the reader, topic and delivery style.
It is designed for practical everyday counting and uses language-aware browser tools when available. Counts can differ slightly between applications because software may handle hyphenated terms, symbols and non-Latin languages differently.
Humanify.pro does not impose a fixed limit. You can paste long essays and articles, although extremely large documents depend on your browser and device memory.