Free Online Word Counter
ClosetWord's free Word Counter helps you quickly measure the length of an article, essay, assignment, speech, social post, email or any other piece of text. Type directly into the editor or paste existing text to see live statistics.
How to use the Word Counter
- Type or paste your text into the large text box.
- Check the live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts.
- Review additional statistics such as unique words and estimated reading time.
- Optionally enter a word goal to track your progress.
- Copy your text, download it as a TXT file, or clear the editor when finished.
What does the Word Counter measure?
The tool provides a practical set of writing statistics, including word count, total characters, characters without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, lines, unique words, average word length, average sentence length, estimated reading time, estimated speaking time and the word count of the longest sentence.
Useful for essays, articles and speeches
A live word count can be useful when an assignment, article, application, speech or post has a length requirement. Instead of repeatedly selecting text and checking a separate program, you can type or paste it here and see the count immediately.