About the Word & Character Counter
Counts words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type, and estimates how long the text takes to read aloud or silently. Useful for essays with a word limit, meta descriptions, and checking whether an article is long enough to be worth publishing.
Words to pages
At 12 pt with one-inch margins, a page holds about 500 words single-spaced and 250 double-spaced. So 1,000 words is about 2 pages single-spaced or 4 double-spaced, and a 2,500-word essay is about 5 or 10. The counter shows both page estimates for your own text as you type. Larger fonts, headings and short paragraphs all push the real number up, so treat it as a guide.
Reading and speaking time
Reading time assumes 225 words a minute and speaking time 130, the usual averages for adults. A 5-minute speech is therefore about 650 words, and a 10-minute talk about 1,300. If you speak slowly or pause for slides, write a little less.
Characters with and without spaces
Most form limits count every character including spaces, which is the main character tile. Some publishers and translators count without spaces, shown in the row below it. For search results, width matters more than count: check titles and descriptions in the Google SERP preview. To change capitalisation, use the case converter, and to check spelling and grammar, the grammar checker.
