Count the words in your text online, free. A word count tool gives you a fast, accurate tally of the words and characters in any text — paste an essay, article, or document and see the totals immediately. Counting runs entirely in your browser, so it's instant and private, with nothing uploaded.
Paste any text and get an immediate, accurate word and character count — ideal for meeting assignment or submission limits. 100% free, no registration, and complete privacy — everything runs locally in your browser, so your data never touches a server.
See the number of words the moment you paste or type — no button to press.
Reports characters alongside words, so you can match either kind of limit.
Quickly check whether a draft meets a minimum or maximum word requirement.
Counting runs locally; your text never leaves your device.
Words are counted by splitting the text on whitespace — spaces, tabs, and line breaks — so each run of non-space characters counts as one word, matching how word processors count.
It's based on the same whitespace-splitting approach, so totals are usually identical for plain prose. Tiny differences can occur with hyphenated terms or numbers, which different tools count slightly differently.
Yes. Everything runs locally with no upload limit beyond your device's memory, so you can paste long documents and get an instant count.
No. Counting is done entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Word count tallies whitespace-separated words; character count tallies individual characters (with or without spaces). Use word count for essays and character count for limits like tweets or meta tags.
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