Word Counter & Text Analyzer
Paste a draft, article, speech, product description, or student essay to get word count, unique words, top repeated terms, reading time, speaking time, and a quick readability check. Everything runs locally in your browser, so private drafts are not uploaded.
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Words
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Unique Words
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Avg Length
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Reading Time
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Speaking Time
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Readability
How to Use This Word Counter
Paste or type your text into the input area. Statistics update as you write, so you can trim a blog post, check an assignment length, estimate a script, or compare draft versions without leaving the page. The counter reports total words, unique words, average word length, and the top 20 repeated words with percentages. Reading time is estimated at 225 words per minute and speaking time at 150 words per minute.
Practical word count checks before publishing
- Blog posts and SEO drafts
Check whether an article has enough depth, then use the Meta Tag Generator to prepare a focused title and description.
- Video scripts and speeches
Use the speaking time estimate to see whether a script fits a 30-second short, 2-minute pitch, lesson intro, or webinar segment.
- Repeated words and cleanup
Review frequent terms to catch accidental repetition, filler phrases, or keyword stuffing before you publish.
- Strict length limits
If the platform limits characters instead of words, switch to the Character Counter for titles, meta descriptions, SMS, bios, and social posts.
Readability Score
The Flesch-Kincaid readability score uses a formula based on sentence length and syllable count. Scores range from 0 to 100: higher scores indicate easier-to-read text. A score of 60-70 corresponds to standard reading level, while 90+ is very easy to read. Treat the score as a direction signal: if the text feels hard to scan, shorten long sentences, split dense paragraphs, and replace vague words with concrete examples.
Frequently Asked Questions
What counts as a word?
The counter treats separated text tokens as words, which is suitable for drafts, articles, essays, product copy, scripts, and most English-language writing checks.
Can I use it as a reading time calculator?
Yes. The page estimates reading time from the current word count, so it works well for blog posts, help docs, landing pages, newsletters, and scripts that need a quick time estimate.
Is my text data safe?
Yes. All analysis happens in your browser. No data is sent to any server.
How accurate is the readability score?
The Flesch-Kincaid score uses a syllable counting approximation. It is suitable for general guidance but may differ slightly from scores computed by dedicated linguistic analysis tools.
Which Toolflix tool should I use after the word count?
Use Character Counter for strict character limits, Text Case Converter for headings, Diff Checker for revisions, and Markdown to HTML when the final draft needs clean HTML.