Text Analyser

How it counts

A word is a run of letters or digits, keeping apostrophes and hyphens inside it, so "don't" and "well-known" each count once. Characters are Unicode characters, so an emoji counts as one.

Reading time assumes 238 words a minute and speaking time 150, typical averages for adults reading silently and presenting aloud.

Frequent words skip common short words such as "the" and "and".