About Word Counter

Real-time text analysis tool that counts words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and lines as you type. Estimates reading time at 200 WPM and speaking time at 150 WPM. Identifies the longest word and the 10 most frequent non-stop-words. All statistics update instantly via useMemo and can be exported as JSON.

• Word count splits on whitespace; sentence count splits on period, exclamation, and question marks; paragraphs split on double newlines
• Reading time: word count ÷ 200 WPM; speaking time: word count ÷ 150 WPM
• Stop-word filter excludes 50+ common English words (the, a, is, are, etc.) from the frequency analysis
• Top 10 most common words displayed with occurrence counts
• Export options: copy raw text, copy statistics as formatted JSON, or download a full analysis report

Frequently Asked Questions

How are sentences counted?

By splitting on period, exclamation mark, and question mark, then filtering out empty segments. This means abbreviations like “U.S.A.” will inflate the count. For most prose, the count is accurate.

What reading speed does it assume?

200 words per minute for reading, 150 WPM for speaking. These are standard averages for adult English readers and presenters. Adjust mentally if your audience reads significantly faster or slower.