Word & character counter

How to use the Word & character counter

What does the Word & character counter do?

Count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm; It applies this page-specific rule: a word here is any run of non-space characters.

Which inputs does this counter use?

To count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm, enter Text; keep every value in the same example; the page then updates the result from the current values; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - Characters-with-spaces is the raw length of the string, including newlines - so the expected result can confirm the settings.

How should the counter result be read?

For a result intended to count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm, characters-with-spaces is the raw length of the string, including newlines; read text together with the original text rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.

Are hyphenated words one or two?

When the goal is to count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm, one token if there is no space.

Does it count spaces?

When using the page to count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm, characters-with-spaces includes them.

Limits and accuracy

When using this counter to count words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, and estimate reading time at 200, 250 and 300 wpm, reading-time estimates divide word count by 200, 250 and 300; check the result in its intended destination before relying on it for important work; keep text until the output has been checked in its intended destination.