Letter Counter – Free Online Character Counter Tool

How Our Privacy-Focused Letter & Character Counter Works

Our free online letter counter tool instantly analyzes your text to provide accurate statistics for letters, characters (with and without spaces), words, and paragraphs. All processing happens directly in your browser for total privacy—your data is never transmitted or stored. This makes it ideal for writers, students, professionals, and anyone who values confidentiality when checking letter or character counts.

How Letters & Characters Are Counted

• Letters: All Unicode alphabetic characters (A–Z, a–z, accented letters like é, ü, ç, letters from other scripts) are counted. Numbers, punctuation, spaces, and emojis are not counted as letters.
• Characters (with spaces): Every visible symbol—including letters, numbers, punctuation, spaces, and emojis—is counted. This matches how most platforms (Twitter, SMS, databases) enforce character limits.
• Characters (no spaces): Spaces, tabs, and line breaks are excluded—only visible, non-whitespace symbols are counted.
• Words: Detected as sequences of letters, numbers, or valid Unicode word characters, separated by spaces or punctuation. Contractions (it's, don't), hyphenated words, and multilingual scripts are supported.
• Paragraphs: Counted as blocks of text separated by blank lines or two or more line breaks.

Difference Between Letters and Characters

A letter is any alphabetic symbol from any language—A–Z, a–z, accented forms (é, ñ), and non-Latin scripts (e.g., Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic). A character includes every symbol: letters, numbers (1, 2, 3), punctuation (!, , .), spaces, line breaks, emojis (😊, 🚀), and even invisible formatting marks.

• Letters: a, B, é, ü, ç, Ж, σ – counted as letters
• Characters: a, B, é, ü, ç, Ж, σ, 1, 2, !, @, #, space, 😊, 🚀 – all counted in character count

Use Cases: Who Needs a Letter & Character Counter?

• Writers & Editors: Meeting strict letter/character limits for essays, articles, submissions, or publishing platforms.
• Students: Fulfilling assignment requirements ("Write a 250-word/1200-character summary"), college applications, or language learning tasks.
• Professionals: Creating concise business emails, legal docs, or project reports where word or character count is critical.
• Content Creators: Optimizing meta descriptions, tweets, SMS, ad copy, or social posts to fit platform limits.
• Developers & Translators: Ensuring messages fit in UI, databases, or software constraints; handling Unicode and multilingual edge cases with confidence.

Walkthrough: How to Use the Letter Counter Tool

• Paste or type your text in the box above (any length, any language).
• Click Count Letters—or simply start typing to see live results.
• Review your total letters, characters (with/without spaces), word count, and paragraph count instantly.
• Edit your content to fit submission guidelines, social media, or assignment requirements—get immediate feedback as you adjust.
• Clear your text and start over as needed.

Tips for Accurate Counting & Best Practices

• Copy-pasting: Watch for hidden formatting or extra line breaks. Our tool ignores most invisible formatting, but double-check totals for precise submissions.
• Unicode & Multilingual Text: Letters from all languages are supported. Emojis and symbols are counted as characters, not letters.
• Spaces & Paragraphs: For "character count without spaces," only visible symbols are counted—useful for SMS and code.
• Editing on the fly: Results update as you type—see the impact of every change immediately.
• Privacy: All calculations happen locally in your browser. Nothing is stored, shared, or sent. Ideal for sensitive drafts, legal docs, or confidential work.