Word Count Tool – Free Online Word & Character Counter for SEO Writers

About Word Count Tool

The Word Count Tool helps you analyze text content and calculate essential text statistics such as word count, character count, and sentence count. It allows users to either paste text directly or upload supported document files and instantly receive accurate analysis results.

This tool is useful for anyone who needs quick and reliable text metrics without manual counting.

What Is This Tool?

This Word Count Tool is an online text analysis utility that processes text input or uploaded files and returns basic text statistics. It extracts text content, analyzes it on the server, and displays the results in a clear and structured format.

The tool focuses on essential metrics only, keeping the analysis fast and simple.

What Can This Tool Analyze?

The tool calculates the following metrics:

• Word Count
  Counts the total number of words in the text.

• Character Count (with spaces)
  Counts all characters including spaces.

• Character Count (without spaces)
  Counts characters excluding spaces, tabs, and line breaks.

• Sentence Count
  Counts the total number of sentences in the text.

Only these four metrics are calculated, exactly as implemented in the backend logic.

How to Use This Tool

The tool provides two input methods through a tab-based interface.

Option 1: Text Input

1. Select the Text Input tab

2. Type or paste your text into the text area

3. Click Analyze Text

4. View the analysis results instantly

Option 2: Upload File

1. Select the Upload File tab

2. Upload a file using the button or drag & drop

3. Click Analyze Text

4. The extracted text is analyzed and results are displayed

The tool uses the extracted content from the uploaded file for analysis.

Supported File Formats

Based on backend processing logic, the tool supports:

• TXT (.txt)

• PDF (.pdf)

• DOCX (.docx)

If a DOC file (.doc) is uploaded, the tool returns an error and asks the user to use DOCX format instead.

Files are validated both on the frontend and backend before processing.

How the Tool Works

The analysis process follows a clear sequence:

1. Input Collection

   • Text is collected either from the text area or from the uploaded file.

2. Text Extraction

   • TXT files are decoded as plain text.

   • PDF files are read page by page and text is extracted.

   • DOCX files are read paragraph by paragraph.

3. Text Analysis

   • The extracted or pasted text is sent to the analysis endpoint.

   • Word, character, and sentence counts are calculated.

4. Results Display

   • Metrics are displayed as individual result cards.

   • The results section becomes visible after analysis.

Results Explained

Each analysis produces the following results:

• Words – Total number of words detected in the text

• Characters (with spaces) – Total characters including spaces

• Characters (without spaces) – Characters excluding spaces, tabs, and line breaks

• Sentences – Total number of detected sentences

These values are calculated directly from the text content without modifying it.

Download Analysis Report

After analysis, users can download a report as a text file.

The downloaded report includes:

• All calculated metrics

• The original analyzed text

The report is generated on demand and downloaded as:

text_analysis_report.txt

File Upload Behavior

• Uploaded files are displayed in a list below the upload area

• Each file shows:

  • File name

  • File size

  • File type icon

• Uploaded files can be removed before analysis

• The tool uses the first uploaded file’s content for text analysis

Errors & Validation Handling

The tool handles various validation cases:

• No text provided for analysis

• No file uploaded

• Unsupported file format

• PDF or document reading errors

• Network or server-side processing errors

All errors are displayed using on-screen notifications to guide the user.

User Interface Behavior

• Tab-based switching between text input and file upload

• Loading states for upload, analysis, and download actions

• Clear All button to reset input, uploaded files, and results

• Responsive layout for desktop and mobile devices

• Light theme compatibility

The Word Count Tool provides a straightforward way to analyze text and documents. By supporting both direct text input and file uploads, it allows users to quickly calculate word count, character count, and sentence count without unnecessary complexity.

With clear results, download support, and reliable text extraction, this tool simplifies basic text analysis tasks in an efficient and user-friendly manner.