How to count words online
- Paste or type text into the editor.
- Upload a TXT, Markdown, DOCX, PDF, CSV, JSON, XML, or HTML file if needed.
- Review word count, character count, paragraphs, sentences, and reading time.
Paste text or upload a supported document to count words, characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, keyword density, readability, and estimated reading time. This is useful for essays, articles, assignment limits, social posts, and document checks.
The word counter can read selectable text from DOCX and PDF files. Scanned or image-only PDFs are not OCR processed in this browser-only version.
Text and files are processed locally in the browser. There is no backend and no analytics. AdSense may show a consent prompt for ads.