Word Counter Online — Count Words and Characters for Free
Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs. See estimated reading time. Free with no sign-up required.
100% free and unlimited, with no sign-up, no watermarks, and no 5-file paywall. Files are processed locally in your browser and never leave your device.
How to use this tool
Paste or type your text
View word, character, and sentence counts
Check estimated reading time
Key facts
Tool
Word Counter
Price
Free
Sign-up
No
Watermark
No
Processing
In your browser
When to use Word Counter
Word Counter is useful for quick writing, checking, formatting, counting, encoding, decoding, and development tasks that should not require a full app install or account.
Privacy, limits, and output quality
The file work happens in your browser. Your file is not uploaded to FilesFlow servers, which keeps private documents faster to process and easier to control.
For best results, paste clean input, review the output, and keep sensitive secrets out of any tool that must contact a server. Browser-only utilities run locally, while AI-assisted utilities may need hosted processing.
How Utilities work stays simple
Use this utility for fast everyday work and quick validation. For high-stakes legal, academic, security, or compliance decisions, treat the output as a helper and verify it with the appropriate source or expert.
Word Counter for real workflows
Word Counter supports quick writing, formatting, validation, generation, and developer-style tasks directly in the browser.
Use it when the task is small enough that opening a full app would slow you down.
It is helpful for drafts, checks, formatting cleanup, and repeatable everyday utility work.
Checklist before using Word Counter
Review your input before processing and keep any private source data under your control.
Check the output once instead of assuming every generated or transformed result is final.
For high-stakes legal, medical, academic, or security work, verify the result with the right source.
Word Counter vs heavier alternatives
Word Counter is useful for quick browser work. Specialist software or expert review is better when the result has financial, legal, compliance, or security consequences.