Word Count Tools
Word Counter
Paste your text below to count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time and speaking time. Results update as you type or paste, with no button to press. Useful for essays and assignments with a word limit, cover letters, blog posts, newsletters, social media captions and talks where speaking time matters. Your text is processed in your browser and is not stored.
Paste your text and the word counter instantly shows words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and lines. As a rule of thumb, 500 words fill about one single-spaced page, take roughly 2 minutes to read at 225 words per minute and about 4 minutes to say aloud at 130 words per minute.
Word Counter
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