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Letter Counter

Count only the letters in your text, without spaces, numbers or punctuation. The letter counter shows the total number of letters, uppercase and lowercase letters, vowels and consonants, letters per word and a letter count for every line, in any language.

  • Letters only
  • Every language
  • Count per line
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Letters in each line

Every line with text, with its letter and character count. Handy for names, headlines, crossword answers and lists.

Your lines appear here with their letter counts.

How to count letters

Counting the letters in a word, a name or a whole text takes a few seconds.

  1. Type or paste your text

    A single word, a name, a headline, a list or a full document. The letter count updates as you type.

  2. Choose which letters count

    All letters in any language (default), Latin letters with accents such as é and ñ, or plain A to Z only.

  3. Read the results

    Total letters, upper and lower case, vowels and consonants, and a table with the letter count of every line, handy for lists of names or answers.

Example

“Hello, world!” has 13 characters but only 10 letters: the comma, the space and the exclamation mark aren’t letters.

Count letters in a sample

Letters vs characters

A character count includes everything you type. A letter count includes only the letters.

TextCharactersLetters
Hello, world!1310
Mary-Jane O’Neil1613
21,000 km92
Café44 (é counts as one letter)
Привет66

For the full character count, with and without spaces, use the [word and character counter](/).

What the letter counter counts

Besides the total, the letter counter breaks your letters down.

  • Aa

    Upper and lower case

    Capital and small letters counted separately.

  • AEIOU

    Vowels and consonants

    How many of your letters are a, e, i, o, u and how many are consonants.

  • é

    Accented and other letters

    Letters outside plain A–Z, such as é, ß or Cyrillic and Arabic letters.

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    Letters per line

    Every line with its own letter count, for names, answers and headlines.

Counting letters in other languages

A letter is any character the Unicode standard classes as a letter, so the counter works for every alphabet:

  • Accented letters such as é, ü and ñ count as one letter each, even when they’re typed as a base letter plus an accent mark.
  • Other alphabets such as Cyrillic (Привет), Greek, Arabic and Hebrew are counted letter by letter.
  • Chinese and Japanese characters count as letters too. For those languages, the Chinese Character Counter and the Japanese Character Counter give a fuller breakdown.

Choose Plain A–Z only to count just the 26 letters of the basic English alphabet; accented letters are then left out of the total.

When you need a letter count

A letter count matters whenever space is tight or rules are set in letters rather than characters.

UseWhy letters matter
Crosswords and word gamesAnswers are measured in letters: spaces and hyphens in a phrase don’t fill a square.
Names and personalised itemsEngraving, embroidery, jerseys and signs often have a limit on letters.
Baby names and usernamesCompare how long names are, letter for letter.
Teaching and phonicsCount the letters, vowels and consonants in spelling words.
Puzzles and codesCheck a word’s length, or prepare a text for frequency analysis.

Letter counter FAQ

Does the letter counter count spaces?

No. Spaces, numbers and punctuation are never counted as letters. The “Spaces, digits and symbols” figure shows how many other characters there are.

How many letters are in the English alphabet?

26: A to Z. Of these, 5 are vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 21 are consonants; Y can act as either.

Are numbers counted as letters?

No. Digits like 2, 7 and 0 are counted separately. Use the Digit Counter to count them.

Does an accented letter count as one letter?

Yes. é, ñ and ü each count as one letter, however they were typed.

Can I count letters in each line separately?

Yes. The table under the tool lists every line with its letter count and character count.

How do I count how often each letter appears?

Use the Letter Frequency Counter, which counts every letter from A to Z.

Is my text private?

Yes. The letters are counted in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

Sources and references

  1. Unicode Text Segmentation (UAX #29), Unicode Consortium

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