Clean up
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time in real time. Just type or paste your text below.
Clean up
This free word counter analyses your text the moment you type or paste it, with no button to press and nothing sent to a server. It breaks the text into words, characters, sentences and paragraphs and updates every count live. "Words" are counted by the gaps between them, "characters" counts every symbol (with a separate figure that excludes spaces), "sentences" are estimated from full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and "paragraphs" are blocks separated by blank lines.
Different tasks come with different limits. Essays and assignments often require a minimum or maximum number of words. Meta titles and descriptions for SEO have character limits before Google truncates them. Social posts cap out too, so knowing your counts as you write helps you fit the format without guessing or pasting into another tool.
The reading-time figure estimates how long an average adult would take to read your text, based on roughly 200 words per minute and rounded up. It is handy for blog posts, scripts and presentations where you want to respect your audience's time.
Yes. Every count is calculated inside your browser, so your writing never leaves your device.