Instantly count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs and reading time — all in your browser. No signup, 100% private, completely free.
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Word Counter Tool
Live Statistics
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Characters
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
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Letters
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Spaces
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Reading & Writing Metrics
Reading Time
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Speaking Time
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Longest Word
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Avg Word Length
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Text Cleanup Tools
Quick Case Actions
Find and Replace
Word Frequency
Type or paste text to see the most common words.
How to Use the Word Counter in 3 Simple Steps
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Enter Your Text
Type or paste any text into the editor above. Words, characters and reading time update instantly.
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View Live Statistics
Watch the statistics panel update as you write. Use the Cleanup tools or Find & Replace for editing.
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Copy or Download
Copy the result to your clipboard or download it as a plain text file — no signup required.
Word Counter: Count Words, Characters and More
A Word Counter is an essential tool for writers, students, editors, marketers and anyone who works with text. It quickly computes the number of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in any passage, and provides instant feedback on length and reading time.
Sigify's free online Word Counter runs entirely in your browser. Your text never leaves your device — we don't upload anything to any server. This guarantees complete privacy for sensitive drafts, confidential documents and personal writing.
Why Use a Word Counter?
Word counters help meet length requirements for essays, articles, blog posts, social media captions, SEO content, product descriptions and academic papers. They also help writers track productivity, maintain a consistent voice and avoid going over or under target lengths.
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Meet Word Limits
Hit exact word counts for essays, assignments and content briefs without guessing.
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Reading Time
Estimate how long readers will spend on your article — perfect for blog and newsletter writers.
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Edit Smarter
Cleanup tools trim extra spaces and remove empty lines to keep content tidy.
Features of Sigify's Word Counter
Live statistics: words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, lines, letters, digits, spaces and special characters.
Reading and speaking time: estimated using standard 200 wpm reading and 130 wpm speaking speeds.
Word and character limits: set custom targets and see how many words or characters remain.
Quick cleanup: trim whitespace, remove empty lines, normalize line breaks, or run a one-click Clean Text pass.
Case conversion: switch between UPPERCASE, lowercase, Sentence case and Title Case instantly.
Find and Replace: quickly rewrite or fix repeated phrases.
Word frequency: spot over-used words in your draft.
Undo support: revert any cleanup or formatting action with one click.
100% Private — Always
Unlike many online tools, Sigify performs every calculation locally in your browser using JavaScript. There are no uploads, no analytics on text content and no accounts. Close the tab and everything is gone. Your writing stays yours.
Frequently Asked Questions – Word Counter
Common questions about counting words, characters and writing online.
A word counter is a tool that counts the number of words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in a piece of text. Writers use it to meet length requirements, editors use it for copy-fit checks, and students use it to verify essay lengths before submission.
No. Sigify's Word Counter runs entirely in your browser. Your text is never sent to any server. When you close the tab, everything is cleared.
Yes. The Word Counter uses Unicode-aware tokenization and correctly counts words in Hindi, Arabic, Chinese (where whitespace segmentation applies), Cyrillic and most other scripts — along with emojis.
Reading time uses an average speed of 200 words per minute. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute. Sub-minute values are shown in seconds.
Yes. Enter any positive integer in the Word limit field. The status line will show "X / Y words" and how many remain — or how many you've exceeded when you go over.
Yes — completely free with no signup, no watermarks and no hidden limits.
Yes. Any cleanup or case action saves a snapshot. Click "Undo Last" to revert the most recent action. Use it freely while editing.
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