Word Counter
Live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts
Keyword density top 10 words, stop words excluded
Type at least 20 words to see the density breakdown.
Speaking time calculator
The counter turns a word count into speaking time at 130 words per minute, the pace of someone talking clearly to a room rather than reading quickly to themselves. Paste a speech, a presentation script or a voiceover and the speaking time updates as you type.
Use it as a planning figure, not a stopwatch. People speak faster when they are nervous and slower when they pause for slides, so a script that times at exactly five minutes will usually run over. If you have a hard limit, aim for about nine-tenths of it and rehearse once out loud.
Going the other way is simple arithmetic: a five-minute slot holds roughly 650 words at this pace, and a ten-minute talk about 1,300.
Paragraph counter
Paragraphs are counted the way they read on a page: a new paragraph starts after a blank line. Two lines with nothing between them count as one paragraph, which matches how most editors and publishing systems treat them.
That is worth knowing when text has been pasted from somewhere that uses single line breaks between paragraphs — a chat app or some email clients. If the paragraph count looks far too low, that is usually why: add a blank line between the paragraphs and the count will correct itself.
Word counter with reading time
Alongside the speaking time, the counter shows reading time at 200 words per minute, a typical pace for silent reading of ordinary prose. Technical writing, or text full of numbers, reads more slowly, so treat the reading time as the fastest a careful reader will get through it.
About the Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type, with an estimated reading time and keyword density. Everything runs in your browser, so nothing you paste is ever uploaded.