Free Online Word Counter
Whether you are writing to a brief, billing by the word or checking reading time — knowing your exact word count matters.
FlikTools Word Counter shows:
- 📊 Word count (live as you type)
- 📊 Character count (with/without spaces)
- 📊 Sentence count
- 📊 Paragraph count
- 📊 Reading time (at 225 WPM average)
- 📊 Speaking time (at 130 WPM)
- 📊 Keyword density
Word count targets by content type:
- Tweet/X post: 280 characters max
- Instagram caption: under 2200 chars
- LinkedIn post: 150–300 words ideal
- Blog post: 1500–2500 words
- SEO article: 1000–2000 words
- Short story: 1000–7500 words
- Novella: 20,000–50,000 words
- Novel: 50,000–100,000 words
For freelance writers:
- Track word count per assignment
- Calculate earnings: word count × rate per word
- Check reading time for client's audience attention span
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Word Counter
Count words, characters, sentences, and reading time.
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Reading time
@200 wpm
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Speaking time
@130 wpm
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Unique words
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Avg word length
chars
Readability
Grade level— (—)
Reading ease—/100 (—)
Writing goal
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Top keywords
Type some text to see keyword density.
Text analysis
- Longest word
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- Longest sentence
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- Shortest sentence
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- Questions
- 0
- Exclamations
- 0
- Passive voice (approx)
- 0 instances