Text tools
4 tools, all running in your browser
Counting and reshaping text, without your draft leaving the tab. Useful when a brief has a hard word limit, when a heading came back from a CMS in the wrong case, or when a pasted list needs ordering and its repeats taking out.
- Case converterSentence case, Title Case, camelCase, snake_case and the rest, as you type.
- Remove duplicate linesStrip repeated lines from a list without reordering it.
- Sort linesPut a list in order alphabetically, by length, or simply reversed.
- Word counterLive word, character, sentence and reading-time counts.
Why two tools give different word counts#
There is no agreed definition of a word. Most counters, including this one, split on whitespace, which means a hyphenated compound counts as one and an em dash with spaces around it counts as nothing. Microsoft Word counts a standalone hyphen as a word. Google Docs handles numbers differently again. A gap of one or two per cent between any two tools is normal and not a bug in either.
This matters when the limit is contractual. An academic word limit, a job application field and a client brief may all be measured by different software, so the safe approach on a 500-word limit is to land somewhere near 490 rather than to trust a count that says exactly 500. Character counts are far more stable, which is why platforms with hard technical limits use them instead.
Where title case gets awkward#
Sentence case, title case, camelCase, snake_case and kebab-case each exist because something downstream expects them, and converting by hand is where typos come from. Title case is the awkward one: which words stay lowercase depends on the style guide, and no converter can know whether your heading follows AP, Chicago or your own house rules, so the output is a starting point to read rather than an answer to paste.
The mechanical conversions are safer. Turning a heading into a slug, a label into a variable name or a snake_case column into camelCase each have exactly one right answer, so a tool will get them right every time and retyping them will not.
Frequently asked questions#
Why does my word count differ from Word or Google Docs?
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Because they disagree about what a word is. Hyphens, standalone numbers, em dashes and strings of punctuation are all counted differently by different software, which typically produces a gap of one or two per cent. If a limit is being enforced by particular software, check against that software and leave yourself a margin.
Is there a limit on how much text I can paste?
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Nothing is imposed by the page. The counting happens in your browser, so the practical ceiling is how much text the tab can hold, which is far beyond a novel. Very large inputs may make typing feel less immediate on an older machine.
Is my writing stored or sent anywhere?
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No. The text stays in the page and is gone when you close the tab. There is no server involved, nothing is logged, and unpublished writing pasted here does not end up in anyone else’s hands, including ours.