Character Counter
Count characters, letters, numbers, spaces and words instantly. Type or paste your text to quickly check its length and get useful character statistics.
How to Use
1. Enter or Paste Your Text
Type directly into the text box or paste the text you want to analyse.
2. Let the Counter Analyse Your Text
The tool automatically counts the characters and other text elements as you type.
3. Review Your Character Statistics
See the total characters, characters without spaces, letters, numbers, spaces and words in your text.
4. Edit or Clear Your Text
Change your text to see the counts update instantly, or use the Clear Text button to start again.
Character Counter
Type or paste your text below to instantly count characters, characters without spaces, words, letters and spaces.
What Do These Results Mean?
Characters
The total number of characters in your text, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks and spaces.
Characters (No Spaces)
The total number of characters after spaces, tabs and line breaks are removed.
Letters
The number of alphabetic letters detected in your text.
Words
The number of words in your text, based on text separated by spaces and other whitespace.
Spaces
The number of regular space characters in your text.
Lines
The number of separate lines in the text box.
Example Calculation
See how the Character Counter analyses a simple piece of text.
Example:
Hello World!
For this example, the Character Counter would show:
Characters: 12
Characters (No Spaces): 11
Letters: 10
Words: 2
Spaces: 1
Lines: 1
Explanation
The tool counts every letter, space and punctuation mark when calculating the total number of characters. When spaces are excluded, the space between “Hello” and “World!” is removed from the count. The exclamation mark counts as a character but not as a letter.
Character Counter Formula & Counting Method
The Character Counter uses simple counting rules to analyse each character and element in the text you enter.
Total Characters
Characters = Letters + Numbers + Punctuation + Spaces + Other Characters
Every character entered in the text box is included in the total character count.
Characters Without Spaces
Characters Without Spaces = Total Characters − Whitespace
Spaces, tabs and line breaks are excluded from this count.
Letter Count
The tool identifies alphabetic letters in the text and counts them separately from numbers, punctuation and spaces.
Word Count
Words are identified by separating the text at spaces and other whitespace.
Space Count
The tool counts each regular space entered in the text.
Line Count
Each new line created by pressing Enter is counted as a separate lin
Character Counter Terms Explained
Understand the key terms and text statistics used in the Character Counter.
Characters
Every individual symbol in your text, including letters, numbers, punctuation marks and spaces.
Characters Without Spaces
The number of characters remaining after spaces, tabs and line breaks are excluded.
Letters
Alphabetic characters detected in your text, excluding numbers, punctuation and spaces.
Words
Groups of text separated by spaces or other whitespace.
Spaces
The number of regular space characters entered in the text.
Lines
The number of separate lines in your text. Pressing Enter to start a new line increases the line count.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about counting characters, letters, words and spaces.
Does the Character Counter count spaces?
Yes. The Characters result includes spaces. You can also see a separate Characters (No Spaces) result that excludes spaces and other whitespace.
Does punctuation count as a character?
Yes. Punctuation marks such as full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks are included in the total character count.
Does the Character Counter update automatically?
Yes. The results update instantly as you type, paste, edit or remove text.
What can I use the Character Counter for?
You can use it to check the length of social media posts, titles, meta descriptions, forms, messages, assignments and other content with character limits.
Disclaimer
This Character Counter is provided for general informational and productivity purposes.
Results are generated automatically from the text entered and may vary depending on formatting, whitespace and special characters.
Always check the specific character-counting requirements of the platform, application or service you are writing for.