Word Counter

Live words, characters, sentences, reading time, and speaking time as you type or paste.
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0characters, no spaces
0sentences
0paragraphs
0unique words
0 minreading time (238 wpm)
0 minspeaking time (130 wpm)
0avg word length
0avg words / sentence

Counting words is easy. Producing them is the fight. Anyone who writes knows the real enemy isn't the word count, it's the forty-minute detour that starts with "let me quickly check something."

Hawser sits on your PC while you write, knows what you're supposed to be working on, and reels you back the moment research quietly turns into wandering.

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How the counts work

Words are counted by splitting on whitespace. Sentences are split on . ! ? followed by a space or end of text (abbreviations can nudge the count slightly; every counter has this quirk). Paragraphs are blocks separated by blank lines. Reading time assumes ~238 words per minute (average adult silent reading); speaking time assumes ~130 wpm (a comfortable presentation pace). Your draft autosaves to your own browser only.