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Word Counter That Keeps Your Writing Private
This free word counter counts words, characters, sentences, and reading time as you type, and checks keyword density, readability, and platform limits without your text leaving this device.
- Words
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- 0 no spaces
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
- Reading time
- 0 seconds
- Speaking time
- 0 seconds
Case
Applies to the selection, or all text
0 words · 0 characters
Processed on your device
Your text stays on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
Keyword Density
Words and phrases you repeat will show up here.
Overview
What Is a Word Counter?
A word counter is a tool that counts the words in your text as you write, along with characters, sentences, paragraphs, and how long the text takes to read. It’s the quickest way to check an assignment against a word limit, keep a post within a platform’s rules, or see whether a draft needs trimming.
This word counter online goes further than a total. It shows your most repeated words and phrases, scores how easy the text is to read, and tracks progress toward a goal you set. It’s a free word counter that needs no sign-up or account. Looking for a word counter in English? This one is built for English text, whether you write with US or UK spelling.
How it works
How to Use This Free Word Counter Online
There’s nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. The word counter tool is ready the moment the page loads.
Add Your Text
Type in the editor, paste an essay or article, or open a .txt or Markdown file. Formatting is stripped, so only your words are counted.
Read the Numbers Live
Counts, reading time, readability, and platform limits refresh as you type, even for book-length documents.
Refine and Export
Trim to a limit, fix repeated phrases, change case, or tidy spacing, then copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
Features
Word Counter Features
Every number updates live as you type. Here’s exactly what is counted and how, so you can trust the totals.
- Words
- Runs of text between spaces that contain a letter or number. “Well-known” is one word, and a stray dash is none.
- Characters
- Every visible symbol, including spaces and punctuation, counted as you see it. The second figure leaves out spaces, tabs, and line breaks.
- Sentences & paragraphs
- Sentences end at terminal punctuation or a line break. Every non-empty line counts as a paragraph.
- Reading & speaking time
- Estimates based on 238 words per minute for silent reading and 150 for speaking aloud.
- Keyword density
- Your most repeated words and two- or three-word phrases, shown as occurrences per 100 words.
- Readability
- The Flesch reading ease score (0–100, higher is easier) and the Flesch–Kincaid US grade level, both calculated from sentence and word length.
- Platform limits
- Characters left for posts, captions, titles, and meta descriptions. The X count uses X’s weighting for links and emoji.
- Selection
- Highlight part of your text to see counts for just that passage in the bar under the editor.
Use cases
Who Uses a Word Counter?
Anyone who writes to a limit. Here’s how different writers get the most out of it.
Students
Use it as an essay word counter to hit assignment limits, then convert the count with the words per page calculator.
Bloggers and SEO writers
Check length, readability, and keyword density before publishing, and fit titles with the character counter.
Social media managers
Keep X posts, LinkedIn updates, and Instagram captions within their limits as you draft, or time a video script with the reading time calculator.
Writers and editors
Track a daily goal as a simple text word counter, and measure what each revision changed with the word count comparison tool.
Privacy
Private by Design
Many online writing tools upload what you paste. This one doesn’t. Drafts, client work, and unpublished manuscripts stay on your device.
Check it yourself: open your browser’s developer tools, switch to the Network tab, and start typing. Your text never appears in any request.
Read the Privacy DetailsProcessed on Your Device
All counting and scoring runs in your browser. There is no server-side step.
Never Uploaded
The tools never send what you type to a server, ours or anyone else’s.
No Account Needed
No sign-up, no email, and no login. Open the page and start writing.
Stored Only Here
Your draft lives in this browser’s local storage until you clear it.
More tools
More Free Writing Tools
Every tool is free and private, and runs entirely in your browser, just like the word counter.
Character Counter
Characters and words with limits for X, Instagram, SMS texts, and SEO.
Case Converter
Sentence, Title, UPPER, lower, camelCase, snake_case, and more.
Compare Text
Highlight every addition and deletion between two versions.
Reading Time Calculator
Reading, speaking, and handwriting time with adjustable speeds.
Text Cleaner
Strip extra spaces, line breaks, HTML, and hidden characters.
Words Per Page
Convert between words and pages for any font, size, and spacing.
FAQ
Word Counter FAQ
Is this word counter online free to use?
Yes. The word counter is free to use, and so is every other tool on the site, with no sign-up, no usage limits, and no premium tier. You can use the results in personal and commercial work.
Is WordCounterKit really private?
Yes. Every count and score is calculated by JavaScript running in your own browser, and the tools never send your text anywhere: not to us, and not to any third party. There’s no account, and nothing you write is stored on a server.
How are words counted?
A word is any run of characters between spaces that contains at least one letter or number, which matches how most word processors count. Hyphenated words like “well-known” count as one word, and a lone dash or emoji does not count. Chinese, Japanese, and Thai text, which is written without spaces, is split into words using your browser’s built-in dictionary.
How is reading time calculated?
Reading time assumes 238 words per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults found in a large 2019 review of reading research. Speaking time assumes 150 words per minute, a comfortable pace for presentations and voice-overs. The Reading Time Calculator lets you set your own speeds.