Text utility

Count words in text

Paste text to get word, character, sentence and paragraph counts, plus a reading-time estimate based on your selected reading speed.

Text

Word counter

Live
Text
Reading speed
Count spaces
{
  "words": 47,
  "characters": 235,
  "sentences": 5,
  "paragraphs": 1,
  "readingTimeMinutes": 0.2,
  "readingTime": "0 min 12 sec"
}

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How tools work

A tool is a small app you describe in plain words. Try this one here, then keep it on your Fuser canvas and connect it to the rest of your work.

A tool on the Fuser canvas with its controls and result

1. Try it here

Add your own file or text and adjust the controls. Live tools run in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

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2. Open it in Fuser

Sign up free and the tool opens on your canvas with this example wired in, ready to connect to images, video or text from other nodes.

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3. Describe your own

Need something different? Describe the tool you want and Fuser builds it, with the controls you asked for.

Ways to use this counter

Use the live text statistics to review drafts, prepare content and understand how long text may take to read.

Review an article draft

01

Check word, character, sentence and paragraph totals while revising an article or long-form piece.

Estimate speech length

02

Paste a speech or presentation script and adjust reading speed to estimate its reading time.

Compare content versions

03

Run different text versions through the counter to compare their word counts, character counts and structure.

Prepare social copy

04

Check short posts, captions or announcements for their word and character totals before publishing.

Inspect an essay

05

Review an essay’s total words, sentences and paragraphs, with optional space counting for character totals.

Plan reading assignments

06

Paste reading material to see its size and adjust the reading-speed control for a time estimate.

Frequently asked questions

Paste text into the required text input to get a JSON result containing word, character, sentence and paragraph counts, along with an estimated reading time.

Enter or paste the text you want to inspect into the text field. The result updates in the browser as the text changes.

The Reading speed slider changes the words-per-minute value used to estimate reading time. It can be set from 100 to 400 words per minute, with 230 as the default.

The Count spaces switch controls whether spaces are included when characters are counted. It is on by default.

No account is needed to try the tool on this page. Downloading more than once or opening the tool in Fuser asks you to sign up.

Yes. Open the tool in Fuser and combine it with other nodes in a workflow. Its stats result can be passed to another node when that node accepts the result.

Use this counter in Fuser

Open the live word counter in Fuser, adjust its controls, and combine its text statistics with other nodes in a larger workflow.

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