📝 Text Length Calculator
Paste or type your text to instantly see character count, word count, sentence count, paragraphs, reading time, and more — all updated in real time.
How Counts Are Calculated
- Words: Sequences of non-whitespace characters separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines.
- Sentences: Split on
. ! ?followed by whitespace or end of text. - Paragraphs: Blocks of text separated by one or more blank lines.
- Lines: Total newline-separated lines including empty ones.
- Reading time: Word count ÷ 238 wpm (average adult reading speed).
- Speaking time: Word count ÷ 130 wpm (average speaking speed).
Frequently Asked Questions
Word counting algorithms differ in how they handle hyphenated words, contractions, numbers, and punctuation. Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and online counters each use slightly different rules, which can lead to differences of 1–2%.
Yes. Each emoji typically counts as 1–2 characters depending on whether it uses Unicode surrogate pairs. Some complex emojis (like flags or skin-tone modifiers) may count as multiple characters.
Research suggests 1,500–2,500 words for comprehensive coverage that tends to rank well. However, quality and relevance matter more than word count alone. Some highly ranked pages are under 1,000 words.
Common essay lengths: high school (500–1,000 words), college (1,500–5,000 words), master's thesis (15,000–50,000 words), PhD dissertation (80,000–100,000 words). Always follow your institution's guidelines.
This calculator counts blocks of text separated by at least one blank line as separate paragraphs, which mirrors how most word processors count paragraphs. Single newlines without a blank line are counted as new lines but not new paragraphs.
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