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Character and Word Counter
Count words, Unicode characters with or without whitespace, UTF-8 bytes, lines, paragraphs, and sentences without sending text to a server.
- Text, metrics, and the copied summary stay in the browser and are not included in analytics, URLs, or persistent storage.
- Word and sentence counts follow documented segmentation rules and do not replace specialized linguistic analysis.
The text is preserved exactly, including whitespace, accents, emoji, and line breaks.
Count words, Unicode characters with or without whitespace, UTF-8 bytes, lines, paragraphs, and sentences as you type.
When to use
Use it before publishing text, filling limited fields, reviewing captions, estimating reading time, or checking UTF-8 content size.
Input
Type or paste up to 200,000 characters. The tool does not normalize or correct the text; whitespace, accents, emoji, and line breaks remain unchanged.
Output
Use perceived characters for visual review, UTF-16 code units for JavaScript APIs, and UTF-8 bytes for storage or transport limits.
- Type or paste text into the input panel.
- Review words and characters with or without whitespace in the summary.
- Check lines, paragraphs, sentences, bytes, and estimates in the detailed sections.
- Copy the metrics summary or clear the field to start another analysis.
- Limited fields: Compare visual characters, UTF-16 units, and UTF-8 bytes before submitting content to an interface or API.
- Editorial review: Check words, sentences, paragraphs, and estimated time to adjust length and pacing.
- Multilingual text: Measure accented letters, non-Latin scripts, and emoji sequences without confusing visual and storage metrics.
- Combined emoji: A family sequence can be one visual grapheme while occupying several UTF-16 units and UTF-8 bytes.
- No final punctuation: A final block containing letters or numbers still counts as a sentence in the structural estimate.
- Words in other scripts: The rule recognizes Unicode letters and numbers but does not replace language-specific linguistic analysis or tokenization.
- Browser without segmentation: The tool reports when it falls back to code points, which can split combined emoji sequences.
- Remove Accents for Slugs, Search, and Filenames
Learn how accent removal supports URL slugs, search normalization, filenames, and code identifiers without changing more text than needed.
Sentence with a space
Input: Hello world
Output: 11 characters, 10 without whitespace, and 2 words
Emoji as one visual character
Input: Team 👨👩👧👦 ready
Output: The family emoji counts as one visual character; UTF-8 bytes and UTF-16 units remain available in the technical breakdown
Paragraph structure
Input: First paragraph. Second paragraph!
Output: 2 paragraphs, 2 text lines, and 2 sentences
How does the counter identify words?
The count uses Unicode letter and number sequences. Internal apostrophes, hyphens, and underscores stay in the same word; isolated punctuation and whitespace do not count.
Do characters with spaces include tabs and line breaks?
Yes. Total characters include the entire text. The without-whitespace metric removes spaces, tabs, and line breaks, while the breakdown reports whitespace and line breaks separately.
Do emoji and accented letters count as one character?
The primary metric uses browser grapheme segmentation for perceived characters, including combined emoji and marked letters. UTF-16 code units and UTF-8 bytes are reported separately for technical limits.
How are sentences, lines, and paragraphs defined?
Lines follow the text's line breaks; paragraphs are blocks separated by a blank line. Sentences use period, exclamation, and question-mark terminators, including full-width variants.
How are reading and speaking times calculated?
Estimates use 200 words per minute for reading and 130 for speaking, rounded to seconds. They are planning references rather than measurements of an individual's pace.
When should I clean or transform the text?
Use Remove Accents for diacritic-insensitive text and Slugify Text to prepare a URL segment. This counter preserves the text and only measures its structure.
Is the text or any metric sent to a server?
No. Text, counts, and the copied summary stay in the browser. Analytics receives only tool, category, locale, and action, never content or totals.