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Word Counter
Words, characters, sentences, and reading time.
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CalcoTools · Word Counter · generated 8/23/2026, 12:24:06 PM
About the Word Counter
Counts words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in any text you paste or type, and estimates reading time — useful for essays, posts, or meeting a length limit.
How to use it
- Paste or type your text into the field.
- Read the live word, character, sentence, and paragraph counts, plus estimated reading time.
Formula
Words = count of whitespace-separated tokens
Reading time = word count ÷ 200 (an average adult reading speed of roughly 200 words per minute), rounded up
Worked example
A 500-word draft comes out to about a 3-minute read at the standard 200-words-per-minute estimate.
Recommendations
- • For social media, check the platform's specific character limit rather than word count alone — they don't always correlate.
- • Reading time assumes silent reading of plain text; technical or dense material will take noticeably longer in practice.
- • Paste in outline or draft form to track progress toward a target length as you write.
Frequently asked questions
200 words per minute is a general average — dense technical writing tends to read slower, casual text often reads faster.