Count sentences, words, and paragraphs instantly
Breakdown
Need to count sentences in your essay, article, or report? Our free sentence counter gives you an instant breakdown of sentences, words, paragraphs, and characters — with and without spaces. It also calculates your average sentence length and estimated reading time, making it ideal for writers, editors, students, and SEO professionals who want clear, readable text.
The tool splits text on sentence-ending punctuation — periods, exclamation marks, and question marks — while filtering common abbreviations like Mr., Dr., and etc. so they are not counted as sentence boundaries. Unterminated fragments (text not ending with a punctuation mark) are counted as one additional sentence.
Most readability guidelines recommend an average of 15–20 words per sentence. The tool highlights sentences as concise (under 15 words), moderate (15–22 words), or long (over 22 words) to help you gauge whether your writing flows well for your audience.
Reading time is estimated at 238 words per minute, which is the average adult silent reading speed. Results are shown in minutes and seconds, giving you a practical sense of how long it takes to read your content.
Yes. SEO best practices often recommend blog posts of 1,500–2,500 words and paragraphs of 2–4 sentences each. The paragraph and sentence counts here make it easy to check your content structure at a glance before publishing.