Understand your text at a glance
Use the live counts to check article length, school assignments, speeches, scripts, captions, and other writing. Words containing apostrophes or hyphens are treated as one word, while repeated spaces and tabs do not inflate the total.
Reading and speaking estimates
Reading time uses 200 words per minute and speaking time uses 130 words per minute. These are practical planning estimates; technical material, pauses, and individual pace can change the actual time.