WordBench tool
Character Counter
Count characters, with and without spaces, as you type.
About the character counter
The WordBench character counter gives you a running count of every character in your text the moment you type or paste it. It shows characters with spaces and without, along with words, sentences, and lines, so you can size a piece of text against any limit at a glance.
Character limits are everywhere: a message field, a meta description, an ad headline, a database column, a text input capped at a fixed length. Guessing whether you are under the limit wastes time, and going over can truncate the very words that matter. A live count removes the guesswork.
Characters are counted by code point, so an emoji or an accented letter counts as one character rather than the two or more bytes it may occupy internally. That matches how most platforms count toward a limit, and it means the number you see is the number that counts. Everything runs in your browser, so the text stays private.
Who uses it
Worked example
Paste the sentence "Acme Robotics ships this spring."
The counter reports 31 characters with spaces and 27 without, along with 5 words and 1 sentence. Add an emoji at the end and the character count rises by exactly one, because the tool counts whole characters the way most platforms do.
Frequently asked questions
Does it count spaces as characters?
It shows both numbers side by side. One count includes spaces and one excludes them, because some limits count every character while others ignore whitespace.
How are emoji and accented letters counted?
By code point, so a single emoji or accented letter counts as one character. This matches how most platforms tally characters toward a limit rather than counting the underlying bytes.
What is the difference between a character and a word count?
A character count tallies individual letters, digits, spaces, and symbols, while a word count tallies runs of non-whitespace. Character limits are common in short fields, while word counts matter more for essays and articles.
Is my text stored anywhere?
No. The counting runs entirely in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or saved, and refreshing the page clears the text.