MultiConvers

Word Counter

Count words first, then characters (with and without spaces), sentences and paragraphs. Everything runs in this browser — the box is not uploaded, logged or sent to analytics. Refreshing the page throws the text away.

How to use

  1. Paste or type in the box. Nothing is submitted to a server when you type.
  2. Read words as the headline count, then characters, characters without whitespace, sentences and paragraphs.
  3. Use Character Counter if you care about length limits first; the same local engine runs there with characters emphasised.
  4. Do not treat this as grammar, plagiarism or a readability score. Those tools are not on this page.

How it works

A word here is a run of non-whitespace characters. “don't” is one word because the apostrophe is not a space. Hyphenated compounds such as “well-known” are one token. Extra spaces between words do not invent extra words; they do add to the raw character count.

Characters are the string length: letters, punctuation, spaces, tabs and line breaks. Characters without spaces strip every whitespace character, including newlines, so a two-line paste loses those breaks in the second figure. That pair is what people want for SMS-style limits versus “how many letters did I type.”

Sentences are split on `.`, `!` and `?`. “Hello. How are you?” is two sentences and four words. Abbreviations with periods (Dr., e.g.) will over-count. There is no abbreviation list. Paragraphs are non-empty blocks separated by one or more line breaks; a blank line does not add a third empty paragraph.

The Character Counter page uses the same local function. This page leads with words because essays, briefs and captions are usually budgeted that way. Neither page quotes live Twitter/X, SMS or Instagram caps — those change.

Closing the tab discards the text. That is the privacy model: if it never left the device, we cannot recover it. Not a cloud draft.

Formula

Words = non-whitespace tokens
Characters = length of the text
Characters without spaces = length after removing whitespace
Sentences = segments split on . ! ?
Paragraphs = non-empty line blocks

Worked examples

  • A short phrase

    Hello world → 2 words, 11 characters, 10 without spaces

  • Two sentences

    Hello. How are you? → 4 words, 2 sentences

Useful notes

  • Your text stays in the browser. Refreshing or leaving the page discards it.
  • This is not a plagiarism checker or grammar tool.
  • Periods in abbreviations can inflate the sentence count.

FAQ

Is my text uploaded?

No. The count runs in your browser. MultiConvers does not send the contents of the box to a server or to analytics.

Does a contraction count as one word or two?

One. “don't” has no space, so it is a single token.

How are paragraphs counted?

Each non-empty block separated by a line break counts as a paragraph. A blank line does not add an extra paragraph.

Does “well-known” count as one word or two?

One. There is no space, so it is a single non-whitespace token, like a contraction.

Will “Dr. Smith arrived.” count as two sentences?

Yes. The splitter treats every period as an end. Abbreviations are not special-cased.

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