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Count the Words in a PDF

Get an instant word, character and page count for any PDF β€” useful for translators, students, writers and anyone billing by the word. The PDF is read locally and never uploaded.

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PDF Word Counter

Count the words, characters and pages in a PDF.

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Word Counts Without Copy-Pasting

Copying a long PDF into a word counter is tedious and often scrambles the text. This tool reads the document's text layer directly and reports the total words, characters (with and without spaces), page count and average words per page β€” handy for quoting translation work, checking essay length or estimating reading time.

It works on PDFs with a real text layer; scanned documents need OCR first to be counted.

Counted in Your Browser

The text is read with pdf.js and counted on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

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PDF Word Counter β€” Frequently Asked Questions

What does it count?

Words, characters with and without spaces, total pages and average words per page.

Scanned PDF?

Run OCR first to add a text layer, then count.

Is my file uploaded?

No β€” counting happens entirely in your browser.

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