Word Counter
A word counter that goes past the number. Paste or type and you get words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading and speaking time, Flesch readability grades, keyword density and the sentences that are dragging your draft down — all updating as you type.
How to use Word Counter
- Paste or type your text into the box — or press “Load sample text” to see the tool working straight away.
- Watch the counters update live: words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, unique words and averages.
- Check the readability panel for the Flesch Reading Ease score and Flesch–Kincaid grade level, with a plain-English verdict.
- Open the keyword density table to see which one, two and three-word phrases your text actually leans on.
- Use the character-limit meters for tweets, SMS, meta descriptions and title tags, then copy or download the full report.
About Word Counter
Most word counters answer one question and stop. That is fine when you are checking a 500-word limit, but writing is rarely bounded by a single number. What you usually want to know is whether the piece is the right length, whether it reads easily, how long it will take someone to get through it, and whether you have unconsciously repeated the same phrase eleven times. This tool answers all of those at once, recomputing every metric on each keystroke so the feedback loop stays tight.
The readability panel uses the two Flesch formulas, the same pair built into Microsoft Word and most SEO plug-ins. Both need a syllable count, and syllables are the hard part: the tool uses the standard vowel-group heuristic with silent-e stripping, suffix corrections for endings like -ed, -es and -le, and a small dictionary of irregular words. It is a heuristic, not a pronouncing dictionary, so treat a grade level as accurate to roughly half a grade — enough to tell plain English from heavy prose, which is what the score is for.
The two panels writers use most are keyword density and longest sentences. Density counts one, two and three-word phrases with common stop words filtered out by default, so “content marketing strategy” surfaces instead of “of the”. Longest sentences simply ranks your sentences by word count — the fastest edit in existence is to open that list and split the top three. Character-limit meters for X/Twitter (280), SMS (160), meta descriptions (160) and title tags (60) round it off, so you can draft a social post or a search snippet without counting on your fingers.
Frequently asked questions
Is this word counter free and unlimited?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no word cap, no daily limit and no watermark on anything you export. Paste a tweet or a 200-page manuscript — the counting runs on your own device, so the only ceiling is your browser's memory.
Is my text uploaded to a server?
No. Every count, score and keyword table is computed in JavaScript inside the page. Nothing is transmitted, logged or stored on a server, which makes it safe for unpublished drafts, client work and confidential documents. You can confirm it by watching the network tab in your browser's developer tools while you type.
How is reading time calculated?
From the word count at 225 words per minute, the median adult silent-reading speed for general non-technical prose. Speaking time uses 150 words per minute, the pace most presentation coaches recommend. Both are estimates — dense technical writing reads slower, dialogue faster.
What do the Flesch scores mean?
Flesch Reading Ease runs from roughly 0 to 100, where higher is easier: 60–70 is plain English suited to a general audience, below 30 is heavy academic prose. Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level converts the same inputs into a US school grade, so 8.2 means an average 13-year-old should follow it. Both are driven by sentence length and syllables per word.
What is keyword density and what should mine be?
Keyword density is how often a term appears as a percentage of total terms. For a target phrase, anything from about 0.5% to 2.5% reads naturally; much above that starts to look like stuffing to both readers and search engines. The one, two and three-word views make it easy to spot a phrase you have repeated without noticing.
Does it work offline and on mobile?
Yes to both. Once the page has loaded there are no further network requests, so it keeps working with the connection off, and the layout is built mobile-first so every panel is usable on a phone.
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