Character Counter

Count characters, words, sentences and paragraphs as you type, and check your text against SMS, social and search limits.

Characters

with spaces

Without spaces

characters

Words

0 unique

Sentences

none yet

Paragraphs

0 lines

Reading time

0 s to speak aloud

Your text

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Details

Limits

Your limit

Keyword density

Skip common words

Your most-used words show up here.

Questions

How are characters counted?

Each character you see counts once, so an emoji like 👍🏽 or a letter with an accent is one character. Spaces and line breaks count too. Details also shows the count without spaces, the size in bytes, and the UTF-16 length that JavaScript and some APIs use.

How are SMS parts worked out?

A message that uses only the standard GSM-7 alphabet fits 160 characters in one SMS, or 153 per part once it is split. A single character outside that alphabet, such as a curly quote, an em dash or an emoji, sends the whole message as Unicode: 70 characters in one SMS, 67 per part. Limits names the characters that caused it.

How is reading time worked out?

Words divided by 238 per minute, the average silent reading speed for adults, and by 150 per minute for speaking aloud.

What counts as a word and a sentence?

A word is anything between spaces that holds a letter or a digit, so don't and e-mail are one word each; Chinese, Japanese and Thai are split by your browser's word rules. A sentence ends at . ! or ? and at a line break.

Is my text saved anywhere?

Only in this browser, so it is still there when you come back. It is never sent to our server. Press Clear to remove it.