Can I use this for SEO content analysis?

Yes. The keyword frequency analysis shows which terms appear most often, helping optimize content for target keywords. The word count helps meet content length requirements.

Word Counter - Count Words and Characters Online

Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in your text. Calculate reading time and keyword density. Fast, private, works in your browser.

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Average word length	0
Average sentence length	0 words
Unique words	0
Longest word	-

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Frequently Asked Questions

Words are counted as sequences of characters separated by whitespace. Hyphenated words count as one word (e.g., 'state-of-the-art' is one word). Numbers and contractions are counted as words.

Reading time assumes an average reading speed of 200 words per minute for silent reading. Speaking time uses 150 words per minute for presentations or narration. These are industry-standard averages.

Sentences are detected by periods, question marks, and exclamation marks followed by a space or end of text. Abbreviations like 'Dr.' may create false sentence breaks.

Yes. All counting and analysis happens entirely in your browser. No text is sent to any server. Your documents remain completely private and secure.

Both metrics are displayed. Total characters includes everything. Characters without spaces excludes all whitespace, useful for character-limited platforms that don't count spaces.

Stop words are common words like 'the', 'and', 'is' that are excluded from keyword analysis. This helps identify meaningful keywords by filtering out grammatical connectors.

Paragraphs are detected by blank lines (double line breaks). A single block of text separated by single line breaks counts as one paragraph.

It shows the average number of words per sentence. Shorter sentences (10-15 words) are easier to read. Longer sentences (20+ words) may be complex or academic.

Different tools use slightly different word counting rules, especially for hyphenated words, numbers, and special characters. Our tool follows web-standard counting conventions.

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