Word and Character Counter
What you get
Nothing is stored
Your text never goes into the page address, so it does not land in your browsing history, in a Referer header, or in a proxy log along the way. It is counted and thrown away — nothing is kept.
Characters, with and without spaces
Most forms with a character limit mean one or the other and rarely say which — this page shows both, so you do not have to guess.
Words, sentences and paragraphs together
All the counts appear at once: characters, words, sentences and paragraphs, with no extra steps.
An emoji counts once
The character count follows the real Unicode symbol, not how the computer stores it internally — an emoji counts once, not twice.
How it works
- Paste or type the text into the box.
- Press Count.
- Get the words, the characters — with and without spaces —, the sentences and the paragraphs.
Worth knowing
What each number means
Words are runs of letters separated by whitespace — a line break splits two words, but an em dash between words with no space does not. Paragraphs are separated by a blank line, not by every line break.
Why the sentence count is approximate
Sentences are counted at each period, question mark or exclamation point — a simple rule that gets abbreviations wrong: "Dr. Smith went home." comes out as two sentences, not one. The page says so plainly rather than pretending the count is exact.
Frequently asked questions
Does my text reach the server?
Yes, to be counted. It never goes into the page address, though, so it does not appear in the address bar or in your browsing history, and nothing is kept once the count is done.
Why does it show two character counts?
Because a form with a character limit means one or the other, and rarely says which — showing both means you never have to guess.
Why does the sentence count look wrong?
Because the rule is simple — a period, question mark or exclamation point — and it cannot tell an abbreviation from the end of a sentence. It is an approximation, not a grammar check.
Does an emoji count as one character or two?
As one. The browser's own internal count treats it as two, but a reader sees one symbol, and that is what is counted here.