Character Counter & Writing Analyzer

Just type or paste your text — every metric updates live, with no button. It counts characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, paragraphs and lines, and computes reading time, speaking time, readability and more instantly in your browser.

Both. The tool shows characters including spaces and characters excluding spaces side by side, because platforms differ — e.g. Twitter/X counts spaces, while some forms count only visible characters.

Reading time uses an average silent reading speed of about 225 words per minute; speaking time uses about 130 words per minute. So a 450-word article is roughly a 2-minute read and a 3.5-minute speech.

Flesch Reading Ease rates text 0–100 from the average sentence length and syllables per word — higher is easier. 60–70 is plain English; 90+ is very easy; below 30 is very difficult. The tool also shows the matching US grade level and reading age.

Type a keyword (or phrase) into the Keywords tab and the tool shows how many times it appears and its density as a percentage of total words. For SEO, a natural 0.5–2.5% is typical; much higher can read as keyword stuffing.

X/Twitter posts allow 280 characters, Threads 500, LinkedIn posts 3,000, and Instagram and TikTok captions 2,200. The Social limits tab shows a live progress bar for each that turns orange/red as you approach the cap.

Aim for about 50–60 characters for a meta title and 140–160 for a meta description so Google doesn't truncate them. The SEO limits tab tracks both with live bars.

Yes — completely. All counting and analysis run locally in your browser; your text is never uploaded to any server. Your draft is also auto-saved to your own device so it's restored if you return.

Yes. Set a target word count and the goal tracker shows your progress, percentage complete and words remaining, with a live progress bar — handy for essays, articles and NaNoWriMo-style targets.

Yes — it auto-detects common languages (English, Hindi, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and more) from the script and common words, with no upload.

It depends on word length, but English averages about 5–6 characters per word including the space, so 500 characters is roughly 80–100 words. Paste your text for the exact count — this tool shows both characters and words live.

English words average about 4.7 letters, or roughly 5–6 characters once you include the trailing space. The tool reports your text's exact average word length under the Case & characters tab.

There's no fixed rule, but in-depth posts that rank often run 1,000–2,000+ words. Use the word-goal tracker to hit a target, and the readability score to keep it easy to read while you expand.

Aim for a Flesch Reading Ease of about 60–70 (‘plain English’, roughly grade 7–8). News and consumer content often targets grade 6–8 so the widest audience can read it comfortably.

Character, word, line and paragraph counts work for any language, and emoji and CJK text are counted correctly using grapheme segmentation. Readability (Flesch) is tuned for English, so treat it as indicative for other languages.

The tool shows characters with spaces, characters without spaces, and a full breakdown of letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation and symbols in the Case & characters tab — so you can read whichever number a form or platform requires.

Yes — it's free, needs no sign-up, and never inserts ads above your results. The text area stays the focus and the statistics support it.

About 2 pages single-spaced or 4 pages double-spaced, at a standard 12pt font (~500 words per single-spaced page). So 250 words ≈ ½ page, 500 ≈ 1 page, 1,500 ≈ 3 pages and 2,000 ≈ 4 pages. The live Pages stat updates as you type.

Roughly 650 words at an average speaking pace of 130 words per minute. So a 3-minute talk is about 390 words and a 10-minute talk about 1,300. Paste your script and the speaking-time estimate updates instantly.

For a general web audience, aim for around US grade 7–8 (Flesch Reading Ease 60–70). Lower grades reach more readers; technical or academic writing naturally sits higher. The readability panel shows your grade level and reading age live.

It's the share of unique words out of total words — a quick measure of how varied your vocabulary is. A low ratio in long text can signal repetition; the Keywords tab shows it alongside unique-word count and repeated words.