Prepare text for publishing
Clean whitespace, check length and estimate reading time.
- Clean whitespace
- Count characters and wordsHere
- Estimate reading time
Character and word counter
Count characters, words, lines and paragraphs as you type.
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- Paste the exact text, including whitespace and line breaks.
- Read the counts that update as you type.
- For another platform’s limit, verify how it counts emoji and line breaks.
An example you can verify
Check a message or field length before sending it.
Example input
Hello world
Expected result
11 characters, 10 without spaces and 2 words.
Combined emoji may count as multiple Unicode code points. Another platform’s limit may use a different rule.
Continue your task
Download the result or copy the text before opening another tool. Then load or paste it into the next step; content is not transferred automatically.
Settings and limits
Paste your text. Counts update as you type. Characters are Unicode code points; a combined emoji may contain several characters.
Frequently asked questions
What does the count without spaces exclude?
It excludes spaces, tabs and line breaks. Words are segmented using English language rules.