Why use our Word Counter?
This free Word & Character Counter gives you a live breakdown of your text the moment you type or paste it — words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, reading time and speaking time. It's perfect for students hitting an essay limit, writers and bloggers, social media captions, and anyone polishing an SEO meta title or description.
In the AI era it does something extra: it estimates how many ChatGPT / GPT tokens your text uses, so you can keep prompts within a model's limit. It even shows your top keywords for quick density checks, and live counters for an X/Tweet (280), an SEO title (60) and a meta description (160) that turn red when you go over. Everything runs locally — your text never leaves your device.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box.
- Watch the live stats update instantly.
- Check tokens, reading time or the limit badges as you edit.
- Tap Copy to grab your text, or Clear to start over.
How are words counted?
A word is any run of characters separated by spaces or line breaks. The count updates live as you edit.
How accurate is the ChatGPT token count?
It's a close estimate based on roughly 4 characters per token (GPT's rule of thumb). The exact number can vary slightly by language and tokenizer.
Is my text private?
Yes — everything is processed locally in your browser and is never uploaded or stored.