Word and character limits show up in school, job applications, and social media. A counter saves time and helps you edit with a target.
Count words (step by step)
- Open Word Counter.
- Paste or type your text.
- Read the totals: words, characters, sentences, and reading time.
Practical uses
- Keep an essay within a word limit
- Trim a cover letter to one page
- Check description length for a form
- Estimate how long a post takes to read
Tip for clean counts
If you paste from a PDF or OCR, remove extra line breaks first. It makes sentence counts more accurate.
Related tools
- Image to Text: OCR before counting