Text & Generators·Updated 2026-04-22

Word and Character Counter

Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, reading time and most common words.

Word and Character Counter

How it works

  1. 1.

    Paste text

    Paste the original version into the left box. Works with code, Markdown, prompts, contracts — any text format.

  2. 2.

    Read the stats

    Paste the changed version into the right box. The diff is computed live using longest-common-subsequence matching (the same algorithm Git uses).

FAQ

How is reading time calculated?+

Based on 238 words per minute — the adult average per recent meta-analysis.

Are stop-words excluded from top-10?+

Yes. Articles, pronouns and conjunctions are filtered per DE/EN separately.

Does it count emojis correctly?+

Yes. Character count uses JavaScript strings, byte count uses UTF-8.

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