How It Works
Choose between Basic Mode, Writing Mode, or Translation Mode
Type or paste your text in the text area
Check the number of characters in real time
Frequently Asked Questions
Basic Mode
Q: What is Basic Mode best used for?
A: Basic Mode is ideal for simple character and word counting tasks. It provides a clean interface for quickly checking the number of characters and words in your text without any additional features.
Q: How does the word count feature work in Basic Mode?
A: The word count feature in Basic Mode counts words by splitting your text at spaces and punctuation. It ignores empty strings, so multiple spaces between words won't affect your count. This gives you an accurate representation of how many words are in your text.
Q: Does Basic Mode count spaces?
A: You can toggle the "Include spaces" option to include spaces in your character count if needed.
Writing Mode
Q: What features does Writing Mode offer?
A: Writing Mode provides more detailed statistics including word count, character count, paragraph count, and a word goal-setting feature to track your writing progress. It's designed for authors, bloggers, and content creators who need to meet specific word count goals.
Q: How does the word goal feature work?
A: The word goal feature allows you to set a target number of words for your writing. As you type, the progress bar updates to show your progress toward that goal. This is particularly useful for writing assignments, blog posts, or any content with specific word count requirements.
Q: How are paragraphs counted in Writing Mode?
A: Writing Mode counts paragraphs by identifying blocks of text separated by one or more empty lines. This matches how paragraphs typically appear in written documents.
Translation Mode
Q: What is Translation Mode used for?
A: Translation Mode is designed for translators working between different languages. It provides side-by-side text areas for source and target texts, allowing you to compare character and word counts and see the ratio between them. This is especially useful when translating between languages with different character and word densities.
Q: How does the word count ratio help in translation?
A: The word count ratio shows the proportion of words in your target text compared to your source text. This helps translators ensure their translations maintain appropriate length. For example, English to Spanish translations typically have a ratio of around 1.15-1.25 (Spanish uses about 15-25% more words than English).
General Questions
Q: How do I use the copy feature?
A: Each mode has a copy button located below the text area. Simply click the "Copy" button to copy all the text in that area to your clipboard for easy pasting elsewhere.
Q: Is the word count feature available in all languages?
A: The word count feature is exclusively available in the English version of this tool. Due to the linguistic characteristics of Japanese, where word boundaries are not clearly defined by spaces, the Japanese version only provides character counting. This is why you'll see word counts in all modes when using the English interface.
Q: Will my text be sent to an external server?
A: No, all processing happens directly in your browser. Your text is never sent to our servers or stored anywhere. This ensures complete privacy and security for your content.
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