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GOOD WORDS. LESS WORK.

Count words & reading time.

Check the length of a message, article or assignment as you type.

Get a feel for your words.

Stays on your device

Nothing is uploaded or saved. Reading time assumes 200 words per minute. Word boundaries can vary by language and editor.

A few useful things to know

How are words counted?

The tool uses your browser’s language-aware word segmentation when available. Older browsers fall back to groups of letters and numbers. Different writing systems and editors may count words differently.

What counts as a character?

Characters include spaces and line breaks. Emoji sequences are counted as one character when your browser supports text segmentation. The separate no-spaces count removes whitespace. Reading time is an estimate, not a timer.

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