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Tools
All tools →Word counter
Paste or type: words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, keywords and reading time update as you write.
Character counter
Characters as readers see them, plus a live check against platform limits, SMS segments, and title and description lengths.
Readability checker
Six readability formulas side by side, the counts behind them, and the sentences that pull your score down.
Sentence length checker
Every sentence as a bar, in order. Spot the long ones, check your average, and see whether your rhythm varies.
Passive voice finder
Highlights likely passive constructions and shows who is doing the action when your sentence names them.
Cliché finder
Marks stock phrases and corporate jargon, and suggests what to say instead.
Reading time calculator
Enter a word count or paste your text to see how long it takes to read silently or to deliver as a talk.
Case converter
Change capitalization in one click: sentence case, AP and Chicago title case, upper, lower, and the programmer cases.
Words per page
Pages and words per page for common fonts, sizes and spacing, from a layout model that matches real word processors closely.
Private by design
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Tested, not guessed
Our syllable counter scores 97.7% on a hand-checked list of 354 words, and the readability formulas reproduce published examples. See every test.
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Guides
All 33 guides →Readability
Readability scores explained: what they measure and what they miss
Every readability formula boils down to two counts: how long your sentences are and how long your words are. That makes them useful smoke alarms and poor judges of quality.
Flesch Reading Ease: what the score means and how to raise it
Flesch Reading Ease turns sentence length and syllables per word into a score where higher means easier. Here is the arithmetic, a worked example, and what actually moves the number.
Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level: the formula and what a grade means
Flesch–Kincaid turns sentence length and syllables per word into a US school grade. It is easy to read, easy to misread, and not quite the same as Flesch Reading Ease.
Style
How to write shorter sentences without sounding choppy
Long sentences make readers hold too much in their heads at once. Here are six reliable ways to cut them down, and why the goal is variety, not uniform shortness.
Active vs. passive voice: how to spot it and when to switch
Passive voice is a grammatical structure, not a mistake. Learn exactly what makes a sentence passive, how to spot one fast, and why the active version usually reads better.
When to use passive voice (and why it is not always wrong)
The advice to avoid passive voice is a default, not a ban. These are the situations where the passive is the better choice, and how to tell them apart from habit.
Length and counting
How words are counted, and why word counters disagree
Every word counter has to decide what a word is. Here are the hard cases, how common tools handle them, and the exact rules our counter follows.
How many pages is 1,000 words?
There is no single answer, because six settings change it. Here is what each one does, plus a table computed by laying out real text in common fonts.
Reading time: how estimates work and why 238 words per minute
A reading-time estimate is word count divided by an average reading speed. The useful part is knowing which average to use and when it stops applying.
Mechanics
Title case vs. sentence case, and when to use each
Sentence case capitalizes like a sentence; title case capitalizes the main words. Style guides disagree on the details. Here is how each case works and where it fits.
Numbers in writing: when to spell them out and when to use numerals
Style guides disagree on where to switch from words to numerals, but they agree on consistency. Here are the main conventions and when to break them.