Paste your text and watch the counts update as you type.
The word counter splits your text on spaces and line breaks, so hyphenated words count as one and double spaces do not inflate the total.
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Paste or type into the box — the counter splits on spaces and line breaks and updates instantly, so no button press is needed.
We divide the word count by an average reading speed of 200 words per minute, then round to the nearest second.
Both. Characters with spaces is the raw length most platforms limit by; the word count helps with essays and articles.