Paste your text below — word count, reading time, and more update instantly.
Yes, 100% free. No account, no sign-up, no limits. Works instantly in your browser.
No. Your text stays entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to any server. Complete privacy.
Based on the average adult reading speed of 200 words per minute. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute.
The number of different words in your text, ignoring duplicates. High unique word count means more varied vocabulary.
The ConvertDox Word Counter gives you a live word, character, sentence, and reading-time read-out as you type. Everything runs locally in your browser — no upload, no sign-up.
The character counter shows both totals — with and without spaces — at the top of the stats grid. The word counter ignores spaces and counts anything separated by whitespace as a word.
There is no hard limit. The tool comfortably handles novel-length documents (100,000+ words) on modern devices because everything happens in your browser memory.
After the first visit, the page is cached by your browser, so it generally works offline. For guaranteed offline use, save the page as a bookmark while online.
Yes — the counter is Unicode-aware and works with English, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, and more. Note that CJK languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) don't use spaces between words, so the count reflects characters or runs of characters rather than “words” in the Western sense.
Reading time uses 200 words per minute — the average adult silent reading speed. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute. Both are good estimates for typical prose; technical content reads slower.
Most word-counting tools online are either buried under ads or send your text to a server for “processing.” The ConvertDox Word Counter does neither. Every keystroke is measured locally in your browser — your draft never leaves your machine, which matters when you're working on something confidential like a legal brief, a job application, or unreleased copy. The tool shows the numbers you actually need on a single screen: total words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, lines, reading time, speaking time, unique words, longest word, and average word length. A second tab surfaces word density — the top eight terms in your text and how often each appears, which is the fastest way to catch repetition before an editor does. The third tab consolidates the readability details for a quick before-and-after when you're tightening prose. Because it's a static page, it loads instantly and works on every device — phone, tablet, laptop, Chromebook. There's no account to make, no premium tier to hit, no usage cap. Bookmark it once and the live counter is one click away whenever you need to know if your essay is going to fit, your blog post is the right length, or your tweet is under 280 characters.