Paste text or upload a file to see words, characters, lines, reading time, unique words, most common words, and search for specific terms. All processing runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Choose a file or paste text. We’ll pull out the visible text and keep the stats updated in real time.
Or paste text directly into the box below (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + V / Cmd + V).
Counts are based on the clean text we extract. PDFs, DOCX files, and images are converted to text first, then measured.
See how often a word or phrase appears in the current text. For multiple terms, separate with commas.
Most editors have a basic word count, but they rarely handle PDFs, DOCX files, RTF, or images with text. The PlainBench word counter is built to handle the messy real-world content that writers, students, and professionals work with every day.
You can drag in a PDF, a modern Word document (.docx), an RTF export, or even a screenshot with text, and this tool will extract the visible text and give you a clean count. Because it all runs in your browser using JavaScript, your content is never uploaded to a server or stored by PlainBench.
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