Enter (by typing directly or using copy paste) your text and find out how many words and characters it contains.
Why would you need an online word counter?
Online word counters are a perfect tool for anyone who needs to keep a count of their words and characters, but doesn’t use Microsoft Word. Imagine writing a piece and having to manually count the words! Not only will it take forever, but there’s a chance you won’t be wholly accurate.
This tool is also a good way to assess your words per minute typing rate. Simply time yourself timing for five minutes. Type into the box on the online word counter. When the time is up, divide your total word count by five, and you have your average words per minute rate.
Whom is this word counting tool for?
- Bloggers/Content Writers
You could be writing an article for someone else where the word count is important, but even if it’s for your own site, this tool can be fantastic for your SEO. For example, the body of text should be a minimum of 300 words, and the title should be less than 70 characters to rank effectively.
- Teachers/Students
As a student, you will often be expected to write assignments with specific word counts. Although a bit of leeway is usually given, if you are well off the count either way, you could lose marks. What a waste of you time and effort! As a lecturer, you can use this tool to ensure your students’ assignments are the correct length.
- Other Uses
In many work places, you will be expected to write pieces of certain lengths at times, for example, lawyers, secretaries etc.