Word Counter

Paste or type text to see word count, character count, characters without spaces, sentences and paragraphs. Counting happens on this page only.

How it works

Words are sequences of non-whitespace characters, so a contraction such as “don't” counts as one word. Characters include spaces and line breaks. Characters without spaces strip every whitespace character, including new lines. Sentences are split on periods, question marks and exclamation marks. Paragraphs are non-empty blocks separated by line breaks. The text is not sent to analytics, search or any backend.

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

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

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.

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