Whether you are a student writing an essay with a strict limit (min 500 words), or a social media manager crafting the perfect tweet, knowing your metrics is essential. Standard text editors give you a count, but they don't give you analytics.

The Word Counter is a dashboard for your writing. It measures length, complexity, and performance.

Detailed Metrics

1. Basic Counts

Words, Characters (with/without spaces), Sentences, Paragraphs.

2. Speaking & Reading Time

If you are writing a speech for a wedding or conference, "1000 words" means nothing. You need to know "How many minutes is this?"

  • Reading Time: Based on 225 WPM (Silent reading).
  • Speaking Time: Based on 130 WPM (Public speaking pace).

This allows you to trim your script to fit exactly into a 5-minute slot.

3. Keyword Density

For SEO (Search Engine Optimization), repeating a word too often ("Keyword Stuffing") gets you penalized. Our tool identifies your most frequent words (1-word, 2-word, and 3-word phrases) so you can ensure variety.

What Counts as a Word?

It sounds simple, but it's not.

  • Is "hyphenated-word" one word or two? (Usually one).
  • Is "user@example.com" one word?
  • What about CJK languages (Chinese/Japanese) that don't use spaces?

Our tool uses advanced introspection to count correctly across different languages and contexts.

Privacy

Writing an essay? A legal document? A diary entry? You don't want that data sent to a server. This counter runs 100% in your browser. Your text is counted locally via JavaScript and discarded instantly.