Word Count Tool

About this calculator

This tool analyzes a block of pasted or typed text and counts words, characters, and sentences, updating the counts as the text changes. Character counts are often shown both with and without spaces, since different length requirements, such as social media limits versus academic word counts, care about different measures.

Writers and students use it to meet a required word count or stay under a character limit, editors use it to check the length of a piece before publishing, and anyone posting to a platform with a strict character cap, like a social media post or a text message, uses it to check they're within range before hitting send.