Word Counter counts words, characters, sentences, and estimated reading time in a document, updating live as you paste or edit text — useful for hitting an exact word-count requirement.
Type, paste, or drop in a PDF or Word file.
Words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs and reading time update as you edit.
Download a PDF report of the counts for a submission or client.
Platforms change their limits from time to time — check the current rule if you're close to it.
| You want to… | Use this tool |
|---|---|
| Meta description (search results) | About 150–160 characters |
| Post on X | 280 characters (standard accounts) |
| Instagram caption | 2,200 characters |
| LinkedIn post | 3,000 characters |
| Common App personal essay | 650 words |
| SMS text message | 160 characters per message segment |
Students paste essays into the word counter to check word count against assignment requirements in real-time.
Content marketers check word count and keyword density to hit SEO-friendly content lengths for blog posts.
Speakers paste their speech text to estimate speaking time at 130 WPM before delivering presentations.
Yes — an estimated reading time is calculated alongside the word, character, and sentence counts.
The word counter uses standard tokenization rules — 99%+ accuracy on English and most European languages. Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese) use character-based counts due to language structure.
Yes. Upload a PDF and the word counter extracts text (with OCR for scanned files), then counts words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs.
Keyword density is the percentage frequency of specific words. SEO-friendly content typically targets 1-3% density for primary keywords. The word counter shows top 20 most-used words.
Reading time is based on average adult reading speed of 250 WPM. The word counter divides total words by 250 to estimate minutes.
Yes — unlimited free use on all plans, no signup required, no daily limit. The word counter is one of the few PDFPilot4U tools with no usage cap.
No. Word counts are computed in your browser where possible. PDF uploads are processed server-side and auto-delete in 24 hours.
Character count totals individual letters/symbols (with or without spaces). Word count totals space-separated tokens. Use character count for Twitter limits, word count for essays.
Yes. The word counter supports 50+ languages with language-aware tokenization for accurate counts in each.
Identifies whether your content was written by AI or a human.
Scans your text and corrects grammatical errors and writing mistakes.
Translates your PDF content into another language while keeping formatting.
Rewrites AI-generated content to sound natural and human.
