Count Words, Characters, and AI Tokens Instantly
Paste or upload your text to see live word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts, an estimated reading time, and GPT-4 and Claude token estimates across 9 languages — all visualized in a simple chart.
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Word Counter
Paste or upload your text to count words, characters, sentences, and estimate AI tokens instantly.
Your Text
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Basic Stats
Words: 0
Characters: 0
Reading Time: 0 min
Tokens (GPT4): 0
Composition
Detailed Statistics
Characters (with spaces)
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Characters (no spaces)
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Words
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
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Reading Time
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GPT-4 Tokens
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Claude Tokens
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Live Word and Character Stats
As you type or paste, instantly see word count, character count with and without spaces, sentence count, paragraph count, and estimated reading time updating in real time.
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GPT-4 and Claude Token Estimates
Switch between GPT-4 and Claude tokenizer estimates and 9 supported languages to see how your text translates into the tokens AI models actually process — essential for staying within prompt limits.
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Visual Breakdown Chart
A doughnut chart visualizes the proportion of words, sentences, and paragraphs in your text, giving you an at-a-glance sense of your content's structure and density.
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Paste or upload your text
Type directly into the text area, paste content from elsewhere, or upload a .txt, .md, or .rtf file to load it instantly.
Choose language and AI model
Select the text language and toggle between GPT-4 and Claude to see token estimates calibrated to that model and language.
Review stats and export
Check the detailed statistics and chart, then copy the text to your clipboard or download it as a .txt file.
Deep Dive
How Word Counter Calculates Its Stats
Every calculation runs locally in your browser using pattern matching and language-specific divisors — your text is never sent to a server.
Why Use This Word Counter
Real-Time Stats
Word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts update instantly as you type.
AI Token Estimates
See GPT-4 and Claude token counts across 9 languages to stay within prompt limits.
Visual Breakdown
A doughnut chart shows the composition of your text at a glance.
100% Client-Side
Your text is analyzed entirely in your browser and never uploaded anywhere.
Who Uses It
Who Uses Word Counter
Writers, developers, and students who need fast, accurate text metrics.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What can the Word Counter tool do?
Our Word Counter is a comprehensive text analysis tool that counts words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and estimates reading time. It also provides token estimates for AI models like GPT-4 and Claude across multiple languages, with a chart to help you understand your text composition.
How does the token estimation work?
Tokens are the units AI models process text in. Our tool estimates tokens based on character count and language specifics. Different languages have different tokenization rates — for example, English averages about 3.8 characters per token in GPT-4, while Chinese uses roughly 1.3 characters per token. The tool provides separate estimates for GPT-4 and Claude.
Why do different languages have different token counts?
Languages vary in how information is encoded. Character-based languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean typically use fewer characters to express the same information compared to alphabet-based languages like English or Spanish. Our tool accounts for these differences with language-specific token divisors.
Can I upload files to analyze?
Yes, you can upload text files (.txt, .md, .rtf) directly to analyze their content. Click the upload icon in the toolbar, select your file, and the content loads and is analyzed automatically.
How are sentences and paragraphs detected?
Sentences are detected by splitting the text at common sentence-ending punctuation marks (periods, exclamation points, and question marks). Paragraphs are identified by looking for empty lines between blocks of text. This provides a good approximation, though complex formatting may affect accuracy.
Can I use this tool for SEO or academic writing?
Absolutely. For SEO, it helps you optimize title tags, meta descriptions, and content length. For academic writing, it helps you meet specific word count requirements and analyze sentence and paragraph structure for essays, dissertations, and research papers.
Can this tool help with translation cost estimation?
Yes. Translation services often charge by word count. Our tool gives you an accurate word count across multiple languages, helping you estimate translation costs before submitting content to translation services.
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