A real-time word and character counter that analyzes your text as you type. It goes beyond basic counting by providing reading time estimates, speaking time, sentence and paragraph counts, and separate English/CJK character statistics — perfect for writers, translators, and content creators working across languages.

Why Use This Word Counter?

• Instant feedback — see word count, character count, and reading time update live as you type.
• CJK-aware — accurately counts Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters separately from English words.
• Reading & speaking time — know exactly how long your content takes to read (200 wpm) or speak (130 wpm).
• No server needed — everything runs in your browser, your text never leaves your device.

Key Features

• Total Characters: Counts all characters including spaces and punctuation.
• Characters (No Spaces): Excludes whitespace for accurate character-only counts.
• Line / Sentence / Paragraph Count: Structural breakdown of your text.
• English vs CJK Split: Bilingual writers can see exact counts for each script type.

How it Works

The tool uses lightweight regular expressions to tokenize your input in real time. English words are detected as continuous alphanumeric sequences, while CJK characters (Unicode ranges U+4E00–U+9FFF, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul) are counted individually — matching how those languages define “word” boundaries. Reading time uses the standard 200 words-per-minute benchmark.

Try the Word & Character Counter

Paste or type your text into the box above and watch the statistics update instantly. Works entirely in your browser — no data is sent anywhere.