Word Counter

This free online word counter goes well beyond a simple word tally: type or paste in any text and watch word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count and estimated reading and speaking time update live, alongside a ranked list of the most frequently used keywords in what you've written. It's built for the moments a word count alone doesn't answer the real question — whether an article fits a length requirement, whether a caption is too long, or whether a piece of writing is leaning too hard on the same handful of words.

Reading and speaking time are calculated from real average rates — roughly 200 words per minute for silent reading and 130 for spoken delivery — so a blog post, an essay, a script or a speech gets an honest estimate of how long it will actually take an audience to get through, not just how many words are in it. That's genuinely useful for anyone writing to a length or time budget: a five-minute video needs roughly 650 words of narration, and knowing that before recording saves a rewrite afterward.

The keyword frequency list is the feature most basic word counters skip entirely, and it's directly useful for both writing quality and SEO: common filler words (the, and, of, that, and similar) are automatically excluded, so what's left is a ranked view of the words actually carrying the piece's meaning, each with a proportional bar showing how often it appears relative to the most-used term. That makes it easy to spot unintentional repetition in a draft, or to check that an article's target keyword phrase actually appears often enough — and isn't accidentally overshadowed by some other word used more.

Every count updates instantly as you type, entirely in your browser — nothing you write is ever uploaded to a server, which matters for unpublished drafts, private notes or anything you're not ready to share. Paste, copy and clear buttons make it fast to move text in and out without leaving the page.