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Word / Character Counter

Count characters, words, sentences, paragraphs, and bytes in real-time.

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Characters (with spaces)
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Characters (no spaces)
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Words
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Bytes (UTF-8)

About Word / Character Counter

This tool measures text length using multiple metrics. • Characters (with spaces): Total character count including spaces and line breaks • Characters (no spaces): Pure character count excluding whitespace • Words: Whitespace-separated token count • Sentences: Based on period (.), exclamation (!), and question mark (?) delimiters • Bytes: Data size in UTF-8 encoding

Common Use Cases

• Twitter/X posts: 280-character limit • Meta descriptions: ~155 characters recommended • College essays: typically 250–650 words • Abstracts: 200–300 words recommended • SMS messages: 160 characters (ASCII)

FAQ

Why do different characters have different byte sizes?
In UTF-8 encoding, ASCII characters (English letters, digits) use 1 byte, while CJK characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) use 3 bytes. For example, "a" is 1 byte and "가" is 3 bytes. This is because UTF-8 uses variable-length encoding based on Unicode code points.
How are words counted?
Words are counted by splitting text on whitespace (spaces, tabs, line breaks). Each contiguous sequence of non-whitespace characters is considered one word.
What is the character limit for social media?
Twitter/X allows 280 characters. Instagram captions support up to 2,200 characters. LinkedIn posts allow up to 3,000 characters. Facebook posts can be up to 63,206 characters.