Word & Character Counter Converter
Count words, characters, sentences and reading time.
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About the Word & Character Counter converter
A quick readout of the shape of a piece of text: how long it is, how many distinct words it uses, and roughly how long it takes to read.
Useful for staying inside a meta description limit, a tweet, or an assignment word count.
How the numbers are calculated
Words are runs of non-whitespace, which matches how word processors count. Sentences are split on full stops, question marks and exclamation marks followed by whitespace — abbreviations will inflate the count slightly.
Reading time assumes 225 words per minute, a common average for adults reading prose on screen. Technical material is slower.
Character limits worth knowing
A page title is generally truncated around 60 characters in search results and a meta description around 155. A single SMS is 160 characters of GSM-7, or 70 if it contains an emoji.
Frequently asked questions
Do the counts include Markdown syntax?
Yes, the text is analysed exactly as pasted. Run it through HTML to Text or Markdown to HTML first if you want prose-only counts.
How are emoji counted?
As the characters they are made of, which for a compound emoji can be several. That matches how most length limits are enforced.