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 text below to instantly count words, characters, lines, and email addresses.
What it counts
Word count is useful for essays, articles, and writing targets. Character count is useful for titles, captions, messages, search snippets, ads, and short text limits. Line count is useful when reviewing formatted text, and the email counter helps detect email addresses inside the content.
Who can use it
This tool is useful for students, writers, editors, marketers, website owners, office users, and anyone who needs a quick and clear way to measure text length without extra software.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use this tool for essays?
Yes. It is useful for checking essay and assignment word limits.
Can I count characters too?
Yes. The tool counts characters, including spaces and punctuation.
Does it work for long text?
Yes. You can paste longer text and review the results instantly.