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Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs instantly. Useful for meeting title/description length limits, checking essay word counts, or estimating narration time for scripts and podcasts. Reading time is estimated at 200 words per minute, speaking time at 130 words per minute.
Everything runs locally in your browser โ no text is ever sent to a server, so it is safe to use with drafts and confidential content.
Reading time is estimated using an average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute. The word count is divided by 200 and rounded up to the nearest minute. Actual reading speed varies by text complexity and reader.
Sentences are counted by end-of-sentence punctuation โ periods, exclamation marks, question marks, and ellipses. Abbreviations with periods can inflate the count since the tool relies on punctuation patterns, not semantic parsing.
Characters with spaces is the full text length including spaces, tabs, and line breaks. Characters without spaces counts only visible characters โ letters, digits, and punctuation. This matters for platforms with strict character limits.