Word Counter – Count Words and Characters in Any Language

How to use the word counter

1. Type or paste your text into the box. You can also tap Try sample text to see how it works.
2. The counts update instantly: words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and reading time.
3. Check speaking time under the box if you are preparing a speech or video.
4. Scroll to Most used words to spot repetition.
5. Use Copy text or Clear when you are done.

How the counting works

• Words — the text is split wherever there is a space, tab or new line. A piece only counts as a word if it contains at least one letter or number, so a lone dash or punctuation mark is not counted.
• Characters — counted as you see them on screen. In Hindi, “कि” is written with two Unicode code points but looks like one character, so it counts as one. Emojis also count as one.
• Sentences — a sentence ends with a full stop, question mark, exclamation mark or the danda (।). Numbers like 3.14 don’t end a sentence.
• Paragraphs — each non-empty line counts as a paragraph, which matches how most people paste text from documents and chats.

Example

“আমি ভাত খাই। Hello world” has 5 words and 2 sentences: three Bengali words, then the danda ends the first sentence, then two English words.

Common word limits

• Essays and statements of purpose for admissions often have a limit of 250–1,000 words.
• Job applications and online forms may limit answers by characters, such as 500 or 1,000.
• SMS messages are split into parts after a set number of characters, and messages in Indian scripts use fewer characters per part.
• Social media posts have character limits that change from time to time.

When a form gives a hard limit, stay a few words or characters below it, because different websites count slightly differently.

Tips for clearer writing

• Shorter sentences are easier to read. Many guides suggest keeping most sentences under 20–25 words.
• Watch for repeated words in the most-used list and swap in alternatives where it helps.
• Read it aloud. The speaking time gives you a sense of how long a speech or script will run.

Who uses a word counter

• Students writing essays, assignments and application statements.
• Bloggers and content writers keeping articles to the right length.
• Job seekers fitting answers into online application fields.
• Translators checking word counts in Hindi, Bengali and English.

Need to change text to capitals or title case? Use the case converter.