What is Word Counter?
Free online word counter with real-time statistics: words, characters (with/without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, and estimated reading time. Accurately handles mixed Chinese-English text with automatic semantic boundary detection. Perfect for writing, academic papers, social media captions, and SEO content. All processing runs locally in your browser — your text never leaves your device. Trusted by over 1 million users in 2026, this is the best free alternative to QuillBot and wordcounter.net.
Use Cases
- ◆Academic paper word limit compliance
- ◆Social media character limits (Twitter 280)
- ◆SEO article length optimization
- ◆Speech duration estimation
- ◆Blog/article writing progress tracking
- ◆Translation billing word count
- ◆Content marketing copy optimization
How to Use
- 1Paste or type your text
- 2View real-time statistics
- 3Check sentence/paragraph breakdown
- 4Copy or use analysis results
Features
- ✓Real-time counting
- ✓Chinese-English mixed support
- ✓Characters with/without spaces
- ✓Reading time estimate
- ✓Sentence/paragraph stats
- ✓Browser-based
- ✓Free unlimited
- ✓No registration required
- ✓100% privacy protected
FAQ
Is the word count accurate?
Yes. Chinese is counted by characters/words, English by space-delimited words. Mixed text automatically detects language boundaries with >99% accuracy.
What languages are supported?
Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and more. Mixed-language text is handled accurately.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. All counting happens in your browser. Text is never sent to any server, ensuring 100% privacy.
How is reading time calculated?
Based on average reading speed: ~300 characters/min for Chinese, ~200 words/min for English. Mixed text uses weighted average.
Is this tool free?
Completely free. No registration, no usage limits. We provide the same quality as paid tools like QuillBot.
Can it count keyword density?
This version focuses on core statistics. For keyword density, check out our SEO Analyzer tool.
What is Twitter's character limit?
Twitter/X allows 280 characters. Chinese characters count as 2 characters each (2 weight units). The tool shows actual character count — note platform-specific counting rules.
What is Instagram's character limit?
Instagram captions are limited to 2200 characters, comments to 2200 characters, and usernames to 30 characters.