Text & data
Count words
Paste or type, and the word count updates live — along with characters, sentences, paragraphs and how long the text takes to read. Everything runs on this device.
Save and continue on the desktop
Download or copy your result here first. Open the free desktop to save to Files or use more features.
- Simple notes with bold and lists — saved locally
- Save to Files when you continue on the desktop
- Every tool in one place — no new tabs
After you download — continue on the desktop for Files or the full app.
What Word Counter can do
For a length you have to hit
An essay with a floor, an article with a ceiling, a talk that has to fit ten minutes. Words, paragraphs and reading time at 200 words per minute update while you edit, so you stop guessing at the end.
Counts languages that do not use spaces
Splitting on spaces reports a whole Chinese or Japanese paragraph as one word. This uses the browser’s own word segmentation, so the number is right in the languages where the naive method is silently wrong.
Keep writing on the desktop
Open the free desktop and the text continues in Notes, which shows the same word count and reading time beside the editor. Notes stay on your device — no account, no sync you did not ask for.
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Questions
Is my text sent to a server?
No. Counting happens in your browser on this device. The text is never uploaded, and there is no account to attach it to.
How is reading time calculated?
At 200 words per minute, the common average for silent reading of ordinary prose. Read-aloud is slower — roughly 130–150 — so treat it as a floor for a talk.
What counts as a word?
Anything the browser segments as a word, so hyphenated forms count once and punctuation is not counted. For Chinese, Japanese and Thai this segments properly instead of counting a whole paragraph as one word.
Does it count words in a document?
Paste the text in and it counts. The tool reads what is in the box — it does not open .docx or .pdf files.