Words, characters (with and without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, unique words, top 10 most-used words, plus reading time, speaking time, and a Flesch Reading Ease score.

What's the Flesch score?

A 0–100 readability metric. 60–70 = easy reading (newspaper). 30–50 = college level. Below 30 = difficult, often academic prose.

Does it work on scanned PDFs?

No — scanned PDFs are images of text. Use OCR first (coming Phase 3). This tool counts text that's already embedded.

No. Text is extracted with pdf.js in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere.

PDF Word Counter — Free

Count words, characters, sentences, and paragraphs in a PDF. Get reading time, speaking time, top keywords, and a Flesch readability score. Browser-only.

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How to pdf word counter

Three steps. Start to finish in under a minute.

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Counts and stats appear instantly. Scroll through the breakdown.

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Why LovedPDF

Why use LovedPDF for pdf word counter

More than just word count

Reading time, speaking time, top keywords, readability — everything you'd otherwise need 3 different tools for.

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Even a 200-page PDF analyzes in under 2 seconds.

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