Word counter

Use this word counter to measure a draft in 11 languages. Review reading time and keyword density, then check publishing limits. Drafts stay in your browser.

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This free word counter counts words, characters with and without spaces, sentences and paragraphs in 11 languages. It estimates reading and speaking time at stated rates, shows keyword density with language-specific function words removed, and checks social publishing limits and SMS segments. Your draft autosaves in this browser only; Clear removes it.

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Estimates use 238.0 words a minute for reading and 183.0 for speaking. The fields are English reference rates, adjusted for the selected language.

Counts

0 words

Words
0
Characters
0
Characters without spaces
0
Sentences
0
Paragraphs
0
Unique words
0
Average word length
0.0
Reading time
0 s
Speaking time
0 s
Applied reading speed (words/min)
238.0
Applied speaking speed (words/min)
183.0

Unique words ignore case. Word length counts visible characters within each word.

Longest sentences

Your longest sentences appear here.

Most used words

Density is occurrences divided by all words, including numbers and links. Common function words for the selected language are hidden; URLs and emails are excluded from this list.

Your most used words appear here, without function words such as "the".

Publishing limits and SMS

Limits

  • Page title in Google0 of 65

    65 leftApproximate guideGoogle title link guidance

    65 characters is our title guide. Google truncates by pixel width and sets no fixed character limit.

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • Meta description in Google0 of 160

    160 leftApproximate guideGoogle snippet guidance

    Google sets no fixed limit; about 160 characters usually show on desktop.

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • X post0 of 280

    280 leftX weighted countX character counting rules

    Weighted: links count 23, emoji and Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters 2.

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • LinkedIn post0 of 3,000

    3,000 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsLinkedIn Help

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • Instagram caption0 of 2,200

    2,200 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsInstagram Graph API reference

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • Instagram bio0 of 150

    150 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsInstagram Help Center

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • TikTok caption (posting API)0 of 2,200

    2,200 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsTikTok Content Posting API

    The limit TikTok publishes for captions posted through its API.

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • YouTube title0 of 100

    100 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsYouTube Help

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • YouTube description0 of 5,000

    5,000 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsYouTube Help

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • Google Business Profile description0 of 750

    750 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsGoogle Business Profile Help

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • LinkedIn headline0 of 220

    220 leftCounted in UTF-16 unitsLinkedIn headline guidance

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

  • TikTok bio0 of 80

    80 leftApproximate guideTikTok profile help

    TikTok does not publish a universal bio limit. 80 is a conservative guide; check the counter in your account.

    Source checked on 2026-10-11

Limits and guides checked on 11 October 2026; see the sources and caveats above.

SMS

Encoding
GSM-7
Encoded units
0
Messages
0
Left in this message
160

One message holds 160 encoded units, or 153 per part when a long text is split. GSM-7 extension symbols use two units; Unicode uses UTF-16 units.

Every character fits the GSM alphabet.

How to use this tool

What counts as a word
Unicode word boundaries come from Intl.Segmenter in your browser. Apostrophes and hyphenated words such as "well-known", grouped numbers such as 1,234.56, URLs and email addresses count once. Punctuation and lone symbols do not count as words. Chinese, Japanese and Thai use the browser dictionary; without it, the page labels a character-based approximation. Visible characters use Unicode grapheme boundaries.
Reading and speaking time
Reading time uses 238 words a minute for silent reading and 183 for reading aloud, the averages in Brysbaert's 2019 review of 190 reading studies. The same review lists how many words a text takes in other languages compared with English, and the rate is scaled with it for German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish. Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian and Polish use the English rate. You can change both rates.
Most used words
The list ignores case and function words from a list for each language. Density is occurrences divided by all counted words, including numbers, links and emails. Links and emails are hidden from the list. HTML tags, scripts and styles are removed before analysis. Large texts run in a worker after a short pause; pasting from Word or Google Docs removes hidden formatting artifacts.

Brysbaert (2019), reading rate review

Questions before you start

Your text is never uploaded or used for AI, and the text area is excluded from page analytics. These two counters share an autosaved draft in this browser only, restored after a reload. Clear removes it. Other people using the same browser can access the draft; private browsing or storage restrictions can prevent saving.

Word processors disagree on hyphens, apostrophes, numbers, URLs and scripts written without spaces. Here, apostrophes and hyphenated words stay together, numbers, URLs and emails count once, and punctuation splits words. The selected language supplies the Unicode word dictionary and the function word list. Without Intl.Segmenter, the page states that the fallback is approximate.

About 4 minutes reading silently at 238 words a minute, and about 5 and a half minutes reading aloud at 183. Technical text and unfamiliar subjects are slower. If you know your own pace, change the rates and the times update.

Yes. It counts English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Polish, with sentence rules and function words for each. Pick the language of your text above the box; if your text looks like another language, the page suggests switching.

Not on its own. Google's guidance on helpful content says it has no preferred word count. Write as much as the topic needs to answer the reader's question, and use the count to meet a brief or a platform limit.

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