Assignments, scholarship essays, job applications and social media posts all come with limits. A word counter lets you check instantly instead of counting by hand.
How to use it
- Open the Word Counter.
- Paste or type your text.
- See words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs and reading time update live.
Your text is processed in the browser for this tool, so you can check drafts quickly.
Common limits to know
- Scholarship and admission essays – often 250, 500 or 650 words; stay within the limit given.
- SEO meta descriptions – about 150–160 characters display fully in search results.
- Page titles – roughly 50–60 characters.
- X (Twitter) posts – 280 characters on standard accounts.
- SMS – 160 characters per message in standard encoding; Urdu text uses fewer characters per SMS.
Writing tips when you’re over the limit
- Remove filler phrases like “in order to” and “it is important to note that”.
- Replace long phrases with single words.
- Cut repeated points, especially in introductions and conclusions.
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