Sentence Counter

Summary

Paste any text to instantly count sentences, paragraphs, words, and characters — with average sentence length and words-per-paragraph stats.

How it works

1. Paste or type your text into the input box.
2. The tool splits text into sentences at terminal punctuation (. ! ?) followed by whitespace, allowing for common abbreviations like "Dr." or "U.S."
3. Paragraphs are counted by splitting on blank lines; words and characters use whitespace-split and string-length.
4. Sentence, paragraph, word, and character totals appear instantly, with average sentence length and words per paragraph.

Use cases

• Check whether academic or business writing meets required sentence-length guidelines.
• Evaluate readability by spotting overly long average sentences in draft copy.
• Count paragraphs and words in an essay before submitting to a word-limited form.
• Audit newsletter or blog posts for paragraph balance and sentence variety.

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