Letter counter for text length and letter frequency. Check letters, characters, words, vowels, consonants, and estimated reading time as you edit.
The Letter Counter shows how many letters, words, and characters are in your text. It also breaks down letter frequency, vowels, consonants, and estimated reading and speaking time.
Paste or type your text into the input. Review the counts beside it, then check the frequency table to see which letters appear most often. Use the character counter for length limits and the letter count for alphabet characters.
Letters: alphabet characters only (A-Z, a-z, and accented forms)
Letters without spaces: pure letter count, no whitespace
Characters: total Unicode characters including spaces and punctuation
Characters without spaces: everything except whitespace
Words: whitespace-separated tokens
Sentences: counted by terminal punctuation (., !, ?)
Paragraphs: counted by blank-line separators
Vowels & consonants: with percentage breakdown
Digits & punctuation: for full character analysis
Reading time: estimate based on a configurable rate, initially 200 wpm
Speaking time: estimate based on 130 wpm
Per-letter frequency: A through Z (case-insensitive), sorted by count
Longest & shortest word: for vocabulary analysis
Use the available settings to include or exclude spaces, digits, and punctuation. Check which total matches your task before editing the text. Adjust the reading speed if you need a different time estimate.
Paste or type your text into the input area.
Counts appear instantly in the side panel.
Adjust the toggles to include or exclude digits / punctuation / spaces depending on what you're counting.
Scroll the per-letter table to see the frequency distribution.
Copy any value with a one-click button.
Where a precise letter count matters:
Twitter / X / Threads / Bluesky drafts: checking a draft against a character limit (280 / 500). Confirm the current limit and counting rules on the destination platform.
SMS & WhatsApp business messages: check segment length when planning messages. Limits such as 160 chars (or 70 for Unicode) depend on encoding and provider rules.
SEO meta tags: meta titles (~60 chars), meta descriptions (~155 chars), and slug character limits.
Essay & assignment writing: matching word-count requirements for school and university submissions.
Resume & cover-letter polish: trimming bullets to a target line length for visual balance.
Cryptography & cipher puzzles: frequency analysis is the classic attack on substitution ciphers (English text is famously dominated by E, T, A, O, I, N).
Language learning & linguistic analysis: comparing letter frequency between languages or texts.
Speech writing: using the speaking-time estimate to plan a 5- or 10-minute slot. Rehearse to check the actual duration.
App / form field testing: verifying that a UI gracefully handles inputs near the maximum allowed length.
The letter count uses the Unicode \p{L} property to identify letters. Accented characters (é, ñ, ü) count as letters rather than punctuation.
By default, no: "letters" means alphabet characters only. Numbers are counted separately as "digits". Toggle the option if you want to include digits in the letter total.
Yes: we use the Unicode letter property, which correctly classifies accented Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, and other alphabet characters as letters.
By terminal punctuation: a period (.), exclamation mark (!), or question mark (?) ends a sentence. Abbreviations like "Mr." may inflate the count slightly; for highly formatted text consider the word and paragraph counts instead.
"Characters" includes spaces, tabs, newlines, and punctuation. "Characters without spaces" excludes whitespace but keeps punctuation. Check the destination platform if it applies its own counting rules.
The default estimate uses 200 words per minute. Adjust the speed for the reading task, such as 300 wpm for scanning or 140 wpm for careful reading. Treat the result as an estimate rather than a fixed reading time.
The counter accepts Unicode text. Check how word and sentence boundaries are counted for the language you are using. The per-letter frequency table works best for alphabet-based scripts (Latin, Cyrillic, Greek). For Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or other ideographic scripts, character count is the more useful metric.
A word counter focuses on words and reading time; a letter counter adds per-letter breakdown, vowel / consonant analysis, and finer character-level metrics. We also offer a dedicated word counter if word-level statistics are all you need.
How to Use Letter Counter - Count Letters, Words and Characters
Type or paste the text you want to measure into the input area.
Review letters, words, and characters. Adjust the available options for spaces, digits, and punctuation to match your task.
Look through the per-letter table and the vowel and consonant counts. Check reading and speaking times as estimates.
Edit the text and watch the totals change. Use the copy control for the count you want to save.
Letter counter for text length and letter frequency. Check letters, characters, words, vowels, consonants, and estimated reading time as you edit.
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