Count words, characters, sentences and estimate reading time.
Whether you're hitting a word count requirement for an assignment, staying within a character limit for a social post, or just curious how long your writing will take to read aloud, this tool gives you an instant breakdown as you type or paste text — words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and an estimated reading time.
How is reading time calculated?
Based on an average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute, which is a commonly used benchmark for estimating how long a piece of text takes to read silently.
How are sentences counted?
By counting sentence-ending punctuation marks (periods, exclamation points, and question marks), so unusual formatting or abbreviations with periods may occasionally affect the count slightly.
Does it count words the same way as Microsoft Word?
It uses a similar approach — splitting text on whitespace — which should closely match word processor counts for standard text, though edge cases like hyphenated words may be counted slightly differently between tools.