# Sentence & Paragraph Counter

> Count sentences, paragraphs, words, characters, and reading time all at once. Find your longest word and average sentence length.

URL: https://uttir.com/sentence-counter
Categories: text-tools
Privacy: Counting happens in your browser.

## About

A single panel that gives you the full picture of any text: characters (with and without spaces), words, sentences, paragraphs, the longest word, average words per sentence, average characters per word, and an estimated reading time at 238 wpm.

Useful for writers, editors, and students. Paste an article, an essay, or a chapter and see the statistics instantly.

## How to use

1. **Paste your text** — A paragraph, a chapter, or a whole article.
2. **Read the stats** — All the counts update live as you type.

## Examples

### A short paragraph

Typical prose: 6 sentences, ~100 words, ~580 characters.

Output:

```
Sentences 6 · Words 100 · Paragraphs 1 · Longest "extraordinary"
```

## FAQ

### How are sentences counted?

By counting . ! ? terminators followed by whitespace or end-of-text. This catches the common cases but may miscount in edge cases like abbreviations ("Dr. Smith") — no algorithm is perfect for that.

### How is reading time estimated?

At 238 words per minute, which is the average silent reading speed for non-fiction English prose per the most-cited meta-analysis.

### How does it detect a sentence?

By sentence-ending punctuation: period, exclamation point, or question mark followed by a space or end of input. It will miscount abbreviations (Dr., Mr., U.S.A.) — there is no perfect heuristic.

### How does it know where a sentence ends?

A sentence ends at a period, question mark, exclamation mark, or ellipsis followed by whitespace or end of text. Numbers with decimals (3.14) and common abbreviations (Dr., U.S.) are not treated as sentence endings.

## Related tools

- [Word Counter](https://uttir.com/word-counter) — Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in your text instantly.
- [Character Counter](https://uttir.com/character-counter) — Count characters, words, lines, and UTF-8 bytes as you type.
- [Reading Time Calculator](https://uttir.com/reading-time) — Estimate how long it takes to read or speak a piece of text. Adjustable words-per-minute for fiction, non-fiction, or speech.

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