Free Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time live as you type. Nothing is uploaded — your text stays in your browser.
Your text never leaves your browser.
How to Count Words in Your Browser
Type or paste your text
Write directly in the box or paste text from anywhere — a document, an email, a webpage. There's no length limit.
Watch the counts update live
Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time recalculate on every keystroke — no button to press.
Use the numbers you need
Trim to a word limit, check a character count for a meta description or tweet, or gauge reading time — all without leaving the page.
Everything the Word Counter Measures
It's more than a word count — the tool breaks your text down across six live metrics so you can hit whatever limit or target you're writing to.
Words and characters
The two counts you reach for most: total words, total characters, and characters excluding spaces — the version many platforms actually count against.
Sentences and paragraphs
See structure at a glance. Sentence and paragraph counts help you judge pacing, readability, and whether a section is running long.
Reading time estimate
Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, the average adult reading speed — handy for blog posts, scripts, and speeches.
Live, no submit button
Every metric updates as you type or paste. There's no 'calculate' step and no page reload — the numbers are always current.
When a Word Counter Helps
Word and character limits are everywhere. These are the situations people open a word counter for.
Essays and assignments
Hit a minimum or stay under a maximum word count for school and university work without trusting a word processor's hidden, inconsistent counting rules.
SEO titles and meta descriptions
Character counts matter for search snippets — roughly 60 characters for a title tag and 155 for a meta description. Count as you write to avoid truncation.
Social posts and ads
Tweets, ad headlines, and bios all have hard character limits. Paste a draft and instantly see whether it fits before you publish.
Articles and scripts
Writers and content teams use word count for pay rates and briefs, and reading time to size a blog post, newsletter, or spoken script.
A Word Counter That Doesn't Interrupt Your Writing
You could rely on a word processor's status bar or paste into a random website, but a focused live counter is faster and keeps your draft private.
SupaTools Word Counter
- Six live metrics update on every keystroke
- Your text never leaves your browser
- No sign-up, no length limit, no ads in the way
- Character count with and without spaces, side by side
Word processor status bar
- Buried in a menu or a tiny status-bar number
- Counting rules vary between apps and versions
- No reading-time estimate
- Have to open a heavy app just to check a count
Pro Tips for Accurate Word Counts
Know which count a platform uses
Some limits count characters including spaces, others exclude them, and a few count words. Check both character figures here against the platform's rule.
Paste as plain text
Formatting doesn't affect the count, but pasting plain text avoids pulling in stray line breaks that can inflate the paragraph count.
Use reading time as a guide, not a rule
The 200-words-per-minute estimate suits general prose. Technical or dense material reads slower, so pad your estimate for those.
Word Counter — Frequently Asked Questions
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Type or paste your text above and get live word, character, sentence, and reading-time counts. Nothing is uploaded.