Count Words reports word count, character count, and an approximate sentence count for any block of text.
Also works as a free sentence counter — the stats row below shows word, character, and sentence counts side by side as you type.
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How do you use the count words tool?
1. Add your text.Paste it directly, upload a file, or drop a TXT/CSV/JSON file onto the input box.
2. Adjust the options.Use the controls above the editor to fine-tune how the tool behaves.
3. Copy or download the result.Your cleaned text is ready instantly, with nothing ever sent to a server.
Need to remove duplicate lines too? Try the full Text Dedupe, which adds case-insensitive matching, consecutive-only mode, sorting, and large-file support.
Does this also count sentences, or just words and characters?
All three - the stats row shows word count, character count, and sentence count together, updating live as you type or paste text. There's no separate mode to switch; all three numbers are always shown side by side.
How does the tool decide where one sentence ends and the next begins?
It counts a sentence as any run of text ending in a period, exclamation mark, or question mark. This is an approximation - it works well for normal prose, but abbreviations (like "Dr." or "e.g.") or unusual punctuation can occasionally throw the count off by one.
Does the character count include spaces and punctuation?
Yes - the character count is every character in your text, including spaces, punctuation, and line breaks, not just letters.
Is there a separate word frequency breakdown, or just a total count?
This tool reports totals only. For a per-word breakdown - how many times each individual word appears - use Word Frequency Counter instead.