Count Words Per Line

A word is any unbroken run of non-whitespace characters, so words are separated by spaces, tabs or line breaks. Several spaces in a row still act as a single separator, so 'a b' with two spaces is still two words.

Yes. Punctuation attached to a word, such as the apostrophe in "don't" or a trailing period on "end.", stays part of that single word and is not split off. A standalone symbol surrounded by spaces, however, counts as its own word.

It counts every character on the line, including spaces and tabs, but not the line break at the end. A blank line therefore shows zero characters, and a line with only spaces reports the number of those spaces.

It is the total number of words divided by the number of lines, counting blank lines, then rounded to two decimal places. Three words across two lines gives 1.5, and four words across three lines gives 1.33.

Yes. Every newline starts a new line, so an empty line between paragraphs is counted and shown as an (empty line) row with zero words and zero characters. This keeps the line count matching what your editor shows.

Yes. A trailing carriage return from Windows-style CRLF endings is stripped, so those lines count the same as Unix newlines. Counting is Unicode aware, so accented letters and non-Latin scripts are handled as normal characters.

Yes. The Copy results button copies a labeled list, one row per line, in the form '2 word(s): hello world'. Paste it into a document or spreadsheet to keep the per-line breakdown alongside your original text.

There is no fixed limit. Because the counting runs entirely in your browser, the practical ceiling is your device memory, and even long pastes update almost instantly.

Yes. Everything runs locally in your browser. Nothing you paste is uploaded, logged or stored, so confidential lists and drafts never leave your device.