Word Character Counter
Count characters, words, lines, bytes, and estimated reading time.
Runs in your browserNothing you type is sent to a server.
Input and result
What you type is kept in this browser only. Reopen to restore your last run.
Use cases
- Measure copy, textarea limits, and docs snippets.
- Word Character Counter for text workflows
Examples
- Common input
Bob's Multi Tool- Measure copy, textarea limits, and docs snippets.
- Typical output
3 words, 16 characters- Use this as a quick sanity check before copying results.
Common mistakes
- Word Character Counter can still fail when the pasted input shape differs from Bob's Multi Tool.
- The output should be reviewed in the target text workflow before reuse.
- Browser-local processing does not make sensitive production data safe to paste.
Before you copy
- 1Compare the output against the original input before copying.
- 2Remove secrets, customer data, and one-off environment values.
- 3Continue with text-sort-dedupe if the result needs another validation step.
Sources
Counters disagree because they count different units
What a reader calls one character is a grapheme cluster (UAX #29). JavaScript's `string.length` counts UTF-16 code units instead: 👨👩👧 is 1 to a person and 8 to the code. Which one is right depends on where the text goes — SMS counts code units, a layout review counts what people see.
Basis: UAX #29
Platform limits are not the same limit
The same sentence hits different ceilings depending on whether a platform counts code points or bytes. Non-Latin scripts usually take 3 bytes per character in UTF-8, so byte limits bite much earlier.
Basis: Platform input limits
FAQ
Does Word Character Counter upload my input?
No. This tool runs in your browser unless the privacy badge explicitly says a server route is required.
Can I use this for production secrets?
Avoid pasting sensitive production data into any website. Prefer local test data or redacted payloads.