Word and Character Counter
This free online Word and Character Counter helps you instantly measure the length of your text. It counts words, characters, lines and email addresses, making it useful for essays, articles, social media posts, SEO work, school assignments, captions, messages and form fields.
How to use this Word and Character Counter
Paste or type your text into the box above. The tool quickly shows the total number of words, characters, lines and email addresses found in the text.
What this tool can help with
You can use this page to check writing length before submitting school work, publishing blog content, preparing ad copy, writing search snippets, editing captions, or matching a word or character limit.
Paste or type your text below to count words, characters, lines and email addresses instantly.
What this counter measures
The tool shows word count, character count, line count and the number of email addresses found in your text. Word count is useful for essays, articles, reports and writing targets. Character count is useful for titles, captions, messages, ads, search snippets and form fields.
Useful for writing and SEO checks
Writers, students, editors, website owners and marketers can use this page to check text length before publishing or submitting content. It can help you keep a title short, match an assignment limit, prepare a meta description, write a social media caption, or review long copied text.
What to check before publishing
Look at the total words, the total characters and the line count together. A text may have the right word count but still be too long for a title, button, caption, search snippet, or message field. Reviewing all counts helps you make the text clearer and easier to use.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use this tool for essays?
Yes. It is useful for checking essay, report and assignment word limits.
Does character count include spaces?
Yes. The character count includes spaces and punctuation because many online forms count them.
Can it find email addresses?
Yes. The tool also counts email addresses found inside the pasted text.
Does it work for long text?
Yes. You can paste longer text and review the results instantly.