Does punctuation count as words?

Word Counter

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Analyze text in real-time. Count words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, syllables, and estimated reading time.

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Article Excerpt

Input Scenario:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Generated Result:

9 Words, 44 Characters, 1 Sentence

Processes input using unicode-aware regex tokenization to segment words, sentences, and whitespace accurately.

No, standard word counting excludes standalone punctuation marks.

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