PDF Word Counter — Fast & Accurate Word Count for PDFs

Count words, characters, sentences and reading time in your PDF files instantly. 100% private, no upload — everything runs in your browser.

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Advanced word counting technology with detailed text analytics

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Comprehensive Stats

Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, average word length and reading time — all at once.

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FAQ

Our counter uses PDF.js to extract text directly from the PDF and applies the same word-splitting logic as professional editors. Accuracy is 99%+ for digital PDFs. Scanned PDFs without OCR cannot be counted.

Word count, character count (with and without spaces), sentence count, paragraph count, average word length, words per sentence, and estimated reading time at 200 wpm.

Yes — 100% free, no signup, no watermarks, no usage limits. Everything runs in your browser.

Yes. We support English, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Japanese, Korean, and most European languages. The word splitting handles both space-separated and CJK languages.

Reading time uses the standard 200 words per minute average. If you also want to extract the full text, try our PDF to Text tool.

You'll need to remove the password first using our Unlock PDF tool, then count the words.

We never receive your file. All extraction and counting happens inside your browser via JavaScript. Your PDF is never uploaded to any server.

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