Text wranglers
Word & Character Counter
Measure a draft at a glance: words, characters, structure and a quick read-time guess.
Count bench
Inspect your text
Paste or type below to see live counts.
Your text
Paste an article, email or notes. Counts update as you edit.
About the counts
Sentences use a simple punctuation rule, so titles and abbreviations can look odd. Reading time assumes 225 words per minute.
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