Word Counter
Words, characters, sentences and reading time for any text — counted in your browser; the text never leaves your device. The reading pace used is printed, not hidden.
Example — Words in “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”9 words · 44 characters (with spaces)
How we got it — the example, step by step
- Characters without spaces: 35. Sentences: 1.
- Reading time at the stated pace of 200 words a minute: about 3 seconds.
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Count the words by hand — the, quick, brown, fox, jumps, over, the, lazy, dog — nine. The tool's rule is printed on the page, so a different total elsewhere means a different counting rule, not a wrong one.
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No. The counting runs in your browser on a fully static page; there is no server to send it to.