What Is a Word Counter?
A word counter is an online tool that counts the number of words in a piece of text. It can be useful when writing articles, essays, assignments, social media posts, emails and other types of content.
Toolveta's free word counter also counts characters, characters without spaces, sentences and paragraphs as you type or paste text.
How to Use the Word Counter
Type or paste your text into the text box above. The statistics update automatically as you enter or remove text.
You do not need to create an account or install any software to use the tool.
What Does the Word Counter Count?
The tool provides several basic text statistics:
- Total words
- Total characters
- Characters excluding spaces
- Total sentences
- Total paragraphs
Why Use a Word Counter?
Word counting can be useful when you need to meet a specific writing limit or understand the length of your content.
Students can use a word counter for assignments and essays, while writers and content creators can use it to check the length of articles, scripts, captions and other written content.
Word Count Example
Consider the sentence:
This is a simple word counting example.
This sentence contains 7 words. The exact number of characters depends on whether spaces and punctuation are included.
Word Count and Character Count
Word count measures the number of individual words, while character count measures the individual letters, numbers, punctuation marks and spaces in the text.
Character count without spaces excludes whitespace characters from the total.
Is This Word Counter Free?
Yes. Toolveta's word counter is free to use and does not require registration.
Does the Word Counter Work on Mobile?
Yes. The tool is designed to work on mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers using a modern browser.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I count words in a text?
Paste or type your text into the text box. The word count will update automatically.
Does punctuation affect the word count?
Punctuation is not normally counted as a separate word. Words are identified based on whitespace and the text entered.
Does the tool count characters?
Yes. It displays both total characters and characters without spaces.
Can I use this tool for an essay?
Yes. You can use the word counter to check the approximate length of essays, assignments and other written content.
Is my text uploaded to a server?
The counting is performed directly in your browser by the page's JavaScript. The tool does not require an account or registration.