Do punctuation marks count as words?
No. Punctuation separates or surrounds detected words.
Word Counter
Utilisez Word Counter gratuitement dans le navigateur, sans compte et sans envoyer vos valeurs au serveur.
Les calculs sont locaux et vos valeurs ne sont pas envoyées au serveur.
Exemple
“One short sentence.” contains three words, 19 characters including spaces, and one sentence.
Méthode de calcul
Words are detected from Unicode letters and numbers. Characters use Unicode code points; reading time assumes about 200 words per minute.
Remarques importantes
Word boundaries vary by language, so counts for languages without spaces are approximations.
Questions fréquentes
Are spaces included in the character count?
The tool reports both total characters and characters without whitespace.
Is my text uploaded?
No. Counting happens locally on each input change.