Character and Word Counter

Type or paste your text and get insights like character count, word count, and spaces.

0 Character

  • Characters without spaces: 0

  • Spaces: 0

  • Words: 0

  • Character Density

How can a word and character counter help developers?

The character and word counter was built to be useful across different stages of development, from front-end to usability testing. See how this tool can help you in your daily workflow as a developer:

SEO / Meta Tags

  • Page title

    Search engines recommend up to 60 characters to avoid truncation in results.

  • Description

    Ideally, it should have up to 160 characters to ensure full display in search engines.

  • Open Graph

    Optimize link appearance on social media by using descriptions and titles within recommended limits.

Back-end

  • Set limits based on real usage

    Count the number of characters users enter in fields like name or comment to define more accurate limits in the back-end.

  • Avoid unnecessary restrictions

    Analyzing real texts helps prevent setting limits too low in the API, which could block legitimate user inputs.

  • Adjust validation rules

    Use the tool to check if the current limits in the database or API still make sense based on the actual content being entered.

Front-end

  • Prevent layout breaking in buttons and cards

    When creating buttons like 'View more product details', you can test if the text fits at different screen widths without cutting or breaking the layout.

  • Set maxlength based on actual content

    In fields like 'Product name' or 'Post title', it's common to limit text input — the counter helps validate these limits based on real content.

  • Adjust text in animated or transitional components

    Knowing the character count avoids text cutting or overlapping in sliders, carousels, and animated menus that depend on predictable space to maintain visual flow.

Testing and Quality

  • Input validation

    Test form fields with texts of different lengths to check if the system properly handles the imposed limits.

  • Extreme scenario simulation

    Simulate edge cases with very long (or very short) texts to evaluate the application’s behavior, especially in logs, APIs, or error messages.

  • Message and content standardization

    Helps test and maintain consistency in titles, descriptions, and user-facing messages, ensuring alignment with style guides and UX best practices.