Text Generators

Word & Character Counter

Free word and character counter for essays, captions, and drafts. See words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in one pass—no signup.

Paste any draft to see words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and lines together. One counter replaces separate word and character pages.

About Word & Character Counter

Writers track limits for essays, ads, and bios. Developers check string lengths for UI fields and SMS-style constraints.

This counter reports multiple stats in one run so you do not bounce between tools for characters with and without spaces.

Everything updates from the text you paste—useful for quick edits before publishing or submitting a form.

Character counts with spaces matter for SMS-style limits; without spaces helps estimate dense copy length.

Confirm word counts before submission.

Stay inside platform character caps.

Check max-length assumptions for form fields.

Counting tools sit with the text toolkit for cleanup and case conversion on the same site.

Quick answers about how this tool works and when to use it.

How are words counted?

Words are split on whitespace. Punctuation attached to a word usually stays with that token.

Do you count spaces?

Yes. You get characters with spaces and without spaces in the same report.

Are sentences exact?

Sentence splits use common punctuation heuristics—good for drafts, not legal clause counting.

Is my text stored?

Counting runs in the browser for normal paste use.

Where do I clean duplicate lines?

Use the Text Toolkit hub for dedupe, sort, and whitespace cleanup.