Sentence Counter – Count Sentences Online
Sentence Counter
Count sentences in your text instantly. Get additional statistics including words, characters, paragraphs and average words per sentence.
Free Online Sentence Counter
Use TOOL NEST Sentence Counter to analyze sentences, words, characters, paragraphs, average words per sentence, question marks and exclamation marks instantly while you type or paste text.
How to Use the Sentence Counter
- Type or paste your text into the editor.
- The statistics update automatically as the text changes.
- Keep Ignore common abbreviations enabled when you do not want supported abbreviations such as Dr., Mr. or etc. to create extra sentence breaks.
- Enable Count question marks as sentence endings when question marks should be treated as sentence boundaries.
- Copy the text, download it as a TXT file, or clear the editor when finished.
Sentence and Writing Statistics
Along with sentence count, the tool reports words, Unicode-aware character count, paragraphs and average words per sentence. It also separately counts question marks and exclamation marks. Sentence detection is punctuation-based and can optionally protect a built-in list of common abbreviations.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the sentence count update automatically?
Yes. The results update whenever you edit the text or change either sentence-counting option.
Can the tool ignore abbreviations?
Yes. The Ignore common abbreviations option protects a built-in list of common abbreviations from being treated as ordinary period-based sentence endings.
Can question marks count as sentence endings?
Yes. Enable the Count question marks as sentence endings option to include question marks in sentence-boundary detection.
Can I download my text?
Yes. The Download TXT button saves the current text as a plain text file.
Is my text uploaded?
No. The current Sentence Counter performs its text analysis locally in your browser.