How word counter works
This tool analyses your text as you type or paste it. Words are counted by splitting on any whitespace and ignoring empty entries, so "hello world" counts as two words and stray spaces don't inflate the total. Characters include every letter, space and punctuation mark in the text.
Sentences are detected by looking for terminal punctuation — full stops, exclamation marks and question marks — while paragraphs are separated by one or more blank lines. Reading time is estimated at an average silent reading rate of 200 words per minute, which suits most general prose; technical or dense material will take longer.
Because the counting happens live in your browser, it works for very large documents without lag and keeps your text completely private — nothing is uploaded. It's handy for essays with a word limit, social media posts, meta descriptions, or any writing where length matters.