How word counter works
Counts Unicode letter/number sequences, keeping internal apostrophes and hyphens together.
Try an example
Hello, little world! → 3 words.
Good to know
Text stays in this tab. Maximum 100,000 characters. Word and sentence boundaries are estimates; language and punctuation can change counts.
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Processing happens on this device. We do not upload your input, put it in share links or save it to your favourites. Closing this tab discards the working input; downloaded results remain wherever you save them.