Word & Character Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in real-time. Includes reading time estimation. Perfect for essays, tweets, and SEO.
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Capabilities
✓ Local Processing
Data never matches server
✓ Large Files
Optimized for 5MB+ text
✓ Privacy First
No logs, no tracking
✓ Standard Compliant
Strict RFC adherence
How It Works
Counting words seems simple, but in the digital world, "length" defines everything: Google meta descriptions, tweet limits, database columns, and academic essays.
Why Precision Matters
Different platforms measure text differently.
- Database Limits: A standard MySQL
VARCHAR(255)column has a hard limit of 255 characters, not words. If you try to save 256, it truncates or crashes. - SEO Meta Data: Google truncates visual title tags after roughly 60px (approx 60 chars) and descriptions after 160 chars.
- Social Media: Twitter (X) allows 280 characters.
💡 How We Count
- Words: specific split by word boundaries, filtering empty spaces.
- Characters (with space): Raw string length. Important for databases.
- Reading Time: Word count / 200 (Average words per minute).
Edge Cases in Text Processing
Multilingual Input: Languages like Chinese or Japanese typically do not split words with spaces. A simple space-splitter will fail.
Hyphenated Words: Is "long-term" one word or two? Most style guides (and our tool) treat it as one word if there are no spaces.
⚠️ Privacy First
If you are pasting a confidential legal draft or proprietary code to check its length, you don't want it uploaded to a server. This counter runs locally in your RAM.