Word Counter
Count words, sentence estimates, paragraphs, lines, and characters in pasted text.
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Read locale-aware word and sentence estimates, paragraph and line totals, and visible character and UTF-16 code-unit counts. Paste text and select Count text. Words and sentences use the browser’s locale-aware text segmentation when available. Paragraphs are groups of non-empty lines separated by a blank line. A final line break ends the last line but does not add another empty line to the line count. Character totals include spaces and line breaks; grapheme clusters and UTF-16 code units are shown separately because tools and text limits may count them differently. Word and sentence boundaries depend on language and punctuation. Older browsers use simpler fallback estimates; mixed-language text and abbreviations may need a manual check.
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Expected output
Words (locale-aware estimate): 5 Sentences (estimate): 1 Paragraphs: 1 Lines: 1 Character count (grapheme clusters; including spaces and line breaks): 26 UTF-16 code units (including spaces and line breaks): 26
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Read locale-aware word and sentence estimates, paragraph and line totals, and visible character and UTF-16 code-unit counts.
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How to use it
Paste text and select Count text. Words and sentences use the browser’s locale-aware text segmentation when available. Paragraphs are groups of non-empty lines separated by a blank line. A final line break ends the last line but does not add another empty line to the line count. Character totals include spaces and line breaks; grapheme clusters and UTF-16 code units are shown separately because tools and text limits may count them differently.
Limits
Word and sentence boundaries depend on language and punctuation. Older browsers use simpler fallback estimates; mixed-language text and abbreviations may need a manual check.
Frequently asked questions
How are words and sentences counted?
Supported browsers use locale-aware segmentation for word and sentence boundaries; older browsers use simpler estimates. Abbreviations, punctuation and mixed-language text can still change the result.
Why do visible characters differ from UTF-16 code units?
A combined character such as an emoji may display as one grapheme while occupying multiple UTF-16 code units. Spaces and line breaks are included in both character totals; some services instead count bytes.
What counts as a paragraph or line?
A paragraph is a group of non-empty lines separated by a blank line. Blank input has 0 lines; a final line break ends the preceding line and does not add an extra line.
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