WRITING & TEXT

Word counter

Count words, characters and estimated reading time.

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How it works

Count words, characters and estimated reading time. Fill in the form and choose Run tool. It opens with an example already filled in, so you can see how it works first.

What you need

Your text

What you get

Words, Characters, Reading time
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Example

The tool opens with some example text.

That gives: Words: 13; Characters: 74; Reading time: 1 min.

Good to know

1 lines. Characters count Unicode code points, including spaces. Reading time assumes 200 words per minute; it is not a measured reading speed.

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