NeuralWriter

Word Counter

Free word counter ✎ Counts words, characters, sentences and paragraphs live, ranks ×1/×2/×3 keywords and scores readability with ATN, LD, ASL and Flesch.

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Keywords


Paste your text to count words, characters and keywords

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Words
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Characters
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Sentences
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Paragraphs
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Characters without spaces
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Words without numbers
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Syllables
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Reading Time
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Speaking Time
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Reading level
Text Nausea Academic Text Nausea (ATN)
  • <20% → Good diversity, smooth to read.
  • 20–50% → Moderate repetition, good style.
  • 50–80% → High repetition, vary vocabulary.
  • 80%+ → Excessive repetition, hard to read.
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<20% → Good diversity, smooth to read.

Diversity Lexical Diversity (LD)
  • 75% → High, may be hard to understand.
  • 55-75% → Good, natural readability.
  • 40-55% → Moderate, may feel monotonous.
  • <40% → Low diversity, many repeated words.
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<40% → Low diversity, many repeated words.

Avg.Length Average Sentence Length (ASL)
  • 15-25 words → Moderately complex.
  • 10-15 words → Optimal for readability.
  • <10 words → Very short, may feel choppy.
  • >25 words → Very long, may be hard to read.
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<10 words → Very short, may feel choppy.

Readability Flesch Reading Ease (FRE)
  • >80 → Simple words, easy to read.
  • 60-80 → Natural. Suitable for most readers.
  • 40-60 → Complex vocabulary, longer sentences.
  • <40 → Academic text, hard to read.
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<40 → Academic text, hard to read.

Platform length targets

How your text length fits common publishing limits, measured in characters.

SEO title tag 0/60

60 characters left

Meta description 0/160

160 characters left

X / Twitter post 0/280

280 characters left

YouTube title 0/100

100 characters left

Facebook post 0/480

480 characters left

Instagram caption 0/2,200

2,200 characters left

Overview

Why use NeuralWriter's Word Counter?

Most counters stop at words and characters. This one keeps going, with keyword density, four readability metrics and live platform checks, all in your browser.

  • Everything counts as you type. Words, characters with and without spaces, sentences, paragraphs, syllables, plus words excluding numbers. No button, no waiting.
  • Keyword density for phrases, not just words. See the top single words, two-word and three-word phrases (×1, ×2, ×3) with their exact frequency and percentage. Click any keyword to highlight every occurrence in your text.
  • Four readability metrics. Academic Text Nausea, Lexical Diversity, Average Sentence Length and Flesch Reading Ease, each colour-coded with a plain explanation and a target range.
  • Platform length targets. Instant character checks for SEO title tags, meta descriptions, X posts, YouTube titles, Facebook and Instagram captions.
  • No sign-up, no character limit, nothing uploaded. The whole analysis runs locally, so long documents stay fast and private.
At a glance
Registration
Not required
Price
Free, no limits
Keyword density
×1, ×2, ×3 phrase frequency
Readability
ATN, LD, ASL, Flesch + grade level
Platform targets
SEO title, meta, X, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram
Character limit
None, count any length
Background

What is the NeuralWriter Word Counter?

It's a free online text analyzer that measures and scores your writing in real time. Paste any text and it returns word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, syllable count and the word total minus numbers.

On top of the raw counts it estimates reading time at 200 words per minute and speaking time at 130 words per minute, assigns a Flesch-Kincaid grade level, ranks your keywords and phrases by frequency, and rates readability with ATN, LD, ASL and Flesch Reading Ease.

Nothing is sent to a server. The text you paste is processed in the browser and never stored, so it works the same for a tweet or a full thesis.

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How to use the Word Counter

  1. Paste or type your text. Counts update instantly, line by line. There is no submit button and no length cap.
  2. Read the primary stats. Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, syllables, words without numbers, reading time, speaking time and reading level appear in the cards below.
  3. Open the keyword sidebar. Switch between ×1, ×2 and ×3 to see single words, two-word phrases or three-word phrases ranked by frequency.
  4. Click a keyword to highlight it. Every match is marked inline in your text, so you can spot overuse at a glance.
  5. Check the readability cards. ATN, LD, ASL and Flesch each show a value, a colour and a short note on what to fix.
  6. Review the platform targets. See how your character count fits SEO, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram limits before you publish.
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The four readability metrics

Beyond counting, the tool grades how readable and balanced your text is. Each metric is calculated locally and colour-coded green, amber or red.

  • Academic Text Nausea (ATN). Measures how concentrated your most repeated words are. A high value signals padding or filler. The card shows two readings: an Academic score based on your top three words and a Classic score based on the single most frequent word.
  • Lexical Diversity (LD). The ratio of unique words to total words, scaled for text length. Higher means a richer vocabulary; very low points to heavy repetition.
  • Average Sentence Length (ASL). Words per sentence. Around 10 to 15 reads cleanly, 15 to 25 is moderately complex, and over 25 starts to drag.
  • Flesch Reading Ease (FRE). A 0 to 100 score from sentence and word length. Above 80 is easy, 60 to 80 is natural for most readers, and below 40 reads as academic. A matching Flesch-Kincaid grade level is shown in the stats.
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Keyword density and phrase frequency

The keyword panel doubles as an SEO check. It extracts the most frequent terms in your text and shows each one with its count and percentage of the whole.

Use the ×1, ×2 and ×3 toggle to switch between single keywords, two-word phrases and three-word phrases (n-grams). Common stop words like "the", "and" or "of" are filtered out so only meaningful terms surface, and the top results are ranked by how often they appear.

Click any term to highlight every instance in the editor. That makes it obvious when a keyword is stuffed too tightly or a phrase repeats more than you intended, which helps you keep density natural for search engines and readers alike.

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Platform length targets

Every channel rewards a different length. The tool compares your character count against the ranges that perform best and warns you before you go over.

  • SEO title tag. 40 to 60 characters before Google truncates it.
  • Meta description. 120 to 158 characters, hard limit around 160.
  • X (Twitter) post. Up to 280 characters.
  • YouTube title. 40 to 70 characters, cut off near 100.
  • Facebook post. 40 to 80 characters gets the most engagement.
  • Instagram caption. First 125 characters show before the "more" fold, up to 2,200 total.

Each bar shows characters used versus the limit, plus how many you have left or how far you are over.

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Reading time, speaking time and reading level

Length is only useful if you know what it means for your audience. The tool turns your word count into time and grade estimates.

Reading time assumes an average silent reading speed of 200 words per minute, which is handy for the "X min read" label on a blog. Speaking time uses 130 words per minute, the right pace for scripts, speeches and voiceovers.

Reading level is a Flesch-Kincaid grade from 1 to 18 that tells you the schooling needed to follow your text easily, while the syllable count feeds the readability formulas and flags dense, multi-syllable writing.

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Who uses the Word Counter?

  • Writers and bloggers. Hit a target length, keep sentences readable and track keyword density without leaving the page.
  • SEO specialists. Check meta and title lengths, watch phrase frequency, and keep content within search-friendly ranges.
  • Social media managers. Match each caption to the platform limit before posting.
  • Students and academics. Meet word counts for essays and papers, and lower nausea and grade level for clearer writing.
  • Editors and proofreaders. Measure paragraphs, characters and repetition, then highlight overused words instantly.
  • Translators. Count words excluding numbers and symbols to quote and bill jobs accurately.
FAQ

Questions, answered

Keyword density is the percentage of times a term appears relative to your total word count. The tool ranks the most frequent single words, two-word phrases and three-word phrases (the ×1, ×2 and ×3 toggle), filters out common stop words, and shows the count and percentage for each. Click any keyword to highlight every occurrence in your text. There is no single "correct" figure, but for SEO most writers keep a primary keyword between roughly 1% and 2% so it reads naturally.

On the Flesch Reading Ease scale, above 80 is easy to read, 60 to 80 is natural for most readers, 40 to 60 is fairly complex, and below 40 reads as academic. For blogs and general web content, aim for 60 or higher. The tool also shows a Flesch-Kincaid grade level: most online writing works best around grade 7 to 9.

No. There is no cap on how much text you can paste. The analysis runs in your browser, so even very long documents are counted instantly without uploading anything or hitting a quota.

Reading time uses an average silent reading speed of 200 words per minute, and speaking time uses 130 words per minute. The tool divides your word count by those speeds, so a 1,000-word article shows about 5 minutes to read and roughly 7 to 8 minutes to read aloud.

Yes. Word, character, sentence, paragraph and keyword counts work across 30+ languages thanks to Unicode-aware tokenization. The readability scores (Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid grade and syllable count) are tuned for English, so treat those figures as a guide for non-English text.

Yes on both counts. No sign-up, no payment, no daily limit. Your text is processed entirely in the browser and is never sent to a server or stored, so anything you paste stays on your device.