Paste or type your text to instantly count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs.
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Word count is calculated by splitting the text on whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks), so consecutive spaces don't inflate the count. Character count includes every character typed, including spaces and punctuation, while the 'characters without spaces' figure excludes whitespace, useful for platforms with strict character limits.
Sentences are detected by counting sequences of text ending in a period, question mark, or exclamation point. Paragraphs are counted by splitting text on line breaks and counting non-empty sections, this is how a word counter tool estimates structure for essays, articles, and word-limit-sensitive writing like tweets or meta descriptions.
For the text 'The quick brown fox. It jumps!' this tool reports 6 words, 30 characters (25 without spaces), and 2 sentences, one ending in a period and one ending in an exclamation point, both on a single paragraph since there's no line break.
Expecting sentence detection to handle abbreviations perfectly, a period after 'Mr.' or 'e.g.' is indistinguishable from a sentence-ending period to this simple detector, so abbreviation-heavy text can inflate the sentence count.
Assuming 'characters' and 'characters without spaces' will be used interchangeably by every platform, some character limits (like SMS or Twitter) count every character including spaces, check which figure actually matches your target platform's limit.
Treating a single long word as many, this tool splits strictly on whitespace, so a run-on string with no spaces (like a URL) counts as exactly one 'word' regardless of its length.
Words are counted by splitting your text on whitespace, so consecutive spaces or line breaks don't count as extra words.
No, all counting happens directly in your browser. Your text is never sent to or stored on our servers.
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