Sentence Counter
Count sentences, words and paragraphs, with average words and characters per sentence.
About the Sentence Counter
A sentence counter tells you how many sentences your text contains, which is useful for essays, summaries and any writing with a sentence limit.
Sentences are detected by their ending punctuation: a period, question mark or exclamation mark closes one sentence and starts the next.
Alongside the sentence total you get word and paragraph counts plus the average words and characters per sentence, so you can spot sentences that run too long.
Key features
- Live sentence, word and paragraph counts
- Average words per sentence
- Average characters per sentence
- Runs entirely in your browser
How to use
- 1Type or paste your text into the box.
- 2The sentence count and averages update instantly.
- 3Use the averages to find overly long sentences.
Examples
Hi there. How are you? Bye!3 sentencesSentences are split on full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.
Frequently asked questions
- How is a sentence counted?
- Sentences are split on terminal punctuation - a period, question mark or exclamation mark. A run of text ending in one of those marks counts as a sentence.
- Does an abbreviation like Mr. count as a sentence?
- Periods inside abbreviations can be counted as sentence ends, so counts may be slightly high for text with many abbreviations. The count is a close estimate.
- Is my text uploaded anywhere?
- No. Counting happens entirely in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
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