Character counter

A count with spaces also counts the spaces between words; a count without spaces counts only letters, digits and punctuation. For the same text, the count without spaces is always smaller. If you were given a character limit for an assignment, a publication or a translation, check which count is required. The counter treats consecutive spaces, tabs and line breaks as a single space and ignores spaces at the start and end of the text.

A scanned page is an image and has no text layer. To count its characters, the page has to be read first. The counter does not estimate: it marks such pages as “scanned page”. If you know the character count, you can enter it manually. For documents you upload to your Sealingo account, the exact count is made after the document is read.

After the document is read, a program counts the characters of the source text, including spaces. Table borders, unreadable areas and page layout are not counted. Each document counts as at least 1,000 characters. In English and German, 1,000 characters equal 1 credit; for other languages a language coefficient applies. Text that is already in the target language is not charged. This counter uses the same counting rule.

No. The file is opened and counted in your browser; its content is never sent to any server. Text you paste also stays only on this page and is deleted when you close it.