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Character Counter
Paste any text and see characters, words, lines, and reading time at once — plus whether it fits Twitter, SMS, and meta-description limits.
Count Words in a Block of Text
Drop in any block of text and get a clean word count with the structure around it — useful when a word range is the spec.
Overview
Plenty of briefs come with a word range: a product description in 50 to 75 words, a summary under 100. This loads marketing copy so you can see the word count and the structure that shapes it — sentences, average sentence length, and reading time. A word count alone tells you the size; the structure tells you whether the copy is punchy or padded at that size. It measures words, not tokens — for what a model sees and bills, that's the Token Counter.
How to use this resource
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Paste the block
Copy, a description, or a summary with a word range.
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Read the count
Words plus sentences and average sentence length.
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Judge the density
See whether the copy is punchy or padded at that count.
Why This Works
- Many briefs specify a word range, making the count the spec
- Structure shows whether the words are dense or padded
- Words are a text unit — distinct from the model's tokens
Best for
- Copy written to a word range
- Product descriptions and summaries
- Checking word count with structure
Not for
- Token counts for a model — use the Token Counter
- Character-capped fields — use the character view
FAQ
Why show sentence length and structure when I just want a word count?
Because a brief's word range tells you the size but not the density — so alongside Words the report adds Average sentence length and a TEXT STRUCTURE block (lines, paragraphs, sentences) to show whether copy is punchy or padded at that count. It's a browser measurement of your pasted text; judging punchy-versus-padded is still your read.
Is a word count the same as the tokens an AI model charges for?
It isn't — the report's NOTES spell out that characters count keystrokes, words count terms, and tokens are the model's sub-word units, so this word count won't match what a model bills. For that estimate the NOTES point to the Token Counter, and even that is an approximation since provider tokenizers differ.
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