Count characters, words, sentences, and paragraphs in your text with detailed statistics.
Using this word counter is super simple—we've designed it so easy that even a 3rd grader can use it without trouble. When you open this page, you'll see a large text box and counting buttons—that's your control panel. Most users figure it out instantly, but here's a quick step-by-step guide just in case:
This counts every single character in your text, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and spaces. This is useful for platforms like Twitter that have character limits including spaces, or when you need to know the exact length of your text for programming or data entry purposes.
This counts only the visible characters, excluding all whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks). This is commonly used in academic writing, content creation, and when you need to measure the actual content density without formatting spaces.
Words are counted by splitting text at whitespace boundaries. This is essential for academic papers, blog posts, articles, and any content with word count requirements. Our tool accurately handles multiple spaces and line breaks.
Sentences are counted based on ending punctuation marks (periods, exclamation marks, question marks). This helps analyze writing complexity and readability, useful for content creators and educators.
Paragraphs are identified by double line breaks or empty lines between text blocks. This is useful for formatting documents and analyzing text structure.
While Microsoft Word provides built-in word count features, our online tool offers more flexibility and accessibility. You can access it from any device without installing software, and it provides both character counts with and without spaces in one place.
Different social media platforms have varying character limits. Twitter has a 280-character limit, Instagram captions can be up to 2,200 characters, and LinkedIn posts can be up to 3,000 characters. Our tool helps you stay within these limits.
Essays, research papers, and professional documents often have specific word count requirements. Our tool helps ensure you meet these requirements accurately.
In Microsoft Word, you can check word count by going to Review > Word Count, or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+G (Windows) or Cmd+Shift+C (Mac). However, our online tool provides more detailed statistics and is accessible from any device.
Character count with spaces includes every character including whitespace, while character count without spaces only counts visible characters. For example, "Hello World" has 11 characters with spaces but 10 characters without spaces.
Our tool counts sentences by identifying ending punctuation marks (., !, ?). This method works for most standard text, though complex sentences with abbreviations might require manual review.
There's no strict rule, but typically a paragraph contains 3-5 sentences. Academic writing might have longer paragraphs, while web content often uses shorter paragraphs for better readability.
Simply copy the text from the website and paste it into our tool. Click the "Paragraphs Count" button to get an accurate count of paragraphs based on line breaks and spacing.