Word counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and a rough reading time.

Details
Paste text to count words, characters, and sentences, plus a rough reading time. The reading time assumes about 200 words a minute. Sentences are split on periods, exclamation marks, and question marks.

Category: Everyday
Page: /tools/word-counter
Text: /tools/word-counter.txt

Limits
Reading time assumes about 200 words a minute. Sentences are split on . ! and ?

Steps
1. Paste or type.
2. Read the counts.
3. They update as you edit.

Questions
Do spaces count as characters?
Both totals are shown.

Are hyphenated words one word?
If there is no space, yes.

Nothing is uploaded. Closing the tab drops the file.
The text stays in the field.