Word Counter
Paste your text, count your words. That's it.
How to Count Words
Paste text
Copy and paste your text into the input box. Supports both English and Chinese.
Count it
Click the \x22Count\x22 button. The system instantly calculates words, characters, and paragraphs.
Read results
Results appear on the right panel. Copy anything you need, then move on.
How It Works
Word counting is pretty straightforward — it just counts how many words you've written. For English, it splits by spaces; for Chinese, it counts each character. PHP uses mb_strlen for multi-byte characters (Chinese, Japanese, etc.) and preg_match_all to match word boundaries. Paragraphs are split by newlines. It's just string processing, but it saves you the manual work.
Tips & Tricks
- • For English articles, use "word count"; for Chinese, "character count" is more accurate
- • Clear formatting in Notepad first to avoid hidden characters skewing the count
- • Remove Markdown tags before counting if your text has them, otherwise they'll be counted too
FAQ
What's the difference between "words" and "characters"?
Words count is for English (split by spaces), characters count everything including spaces and punctuation. For English papers, look at word count; for Chinese reports, character count is more reliable.
How do you count mixed Chinese-English text?
English words are split by spaces, Chinese is counted by characters. For mixed content, check both — English word count + Chinese character count gives you a rough total.
Why does the count differ from Microsoft Word?
Different tools have slightly different counting rules. Word handles hyphens and apostrophes specially. A difference of a few dozen words is normal — as long as the magnitude matches, don't worry about it.
Real-World Example
Li is a freelance writer who needs to count words for every article submission. He used to open Word, select all, and check the status bar — a tedious process. Now he just opens yoolbox's word counter, pastes, and clicks. "The time I save lets me do one more revision before submitting."