Letter Counter
Count letters online — letters only, letters plus digits, characters with and without spaces, vowels, consonants and a live letter frequency table.
About the Letter Counter
This free letter counter tells you exactly how many letters are in your text — not just characters. Paste or type anything and you instantly see six separate counts: letters only (A-Z), letters plus digits, all characters including spaces, all characters excluding spaces, vowels and consonants. That distinction matters, because most "character counters" lump punctuation and spaces into one number when what you actually need is the pure letter count.
Below the counts, a frequency table shows your ten most-used letters with how often each appears and its share of all letters. Writers use it for lipograms and word puzzles, teachers use it for phonics exercises, and developers use it to sanity-check text processing.
Everything runs live in your browser as you type — nothing is uploaded, and there is no length limit worth worrying about.
How to Use the Letter Counter
- 1Type or paste your text into the box.
- 2Read the six counts that update live: letters, letters + digits, characters with and without spaces, vowels and consonants.
- 3Check the frequency table to see which letters dominate your text.
- 4Edit the text and watch every number update instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I count letters without spaces?
Paste your text and read the "All characters (no spaces)" stat for every non-space character, or the "Letters (A-Z)" stat if you want alphabet letters only — no spaces, digits or punctuation. The tool shows both side by side so you never have to guess which definition a form or assignment means.
What is the difference between a letter count and a character count?
A character count includes everything: letters, digits, punctuation, symbols and usually spaces. A letter count includes only alphabet letters A-Z. "Hello, world!" has 13 characters but only 10 letters. This tool reports letters, letters plus digits, and full character counts with and without spaces, so you can use whichever definition you need.
Does this letter counter count vowels and consonants separately?
Yes. It counts the vowels a, e, i, o and u and treats every other letter, including y, as a consonant. Vowel and consonant counts update live as you type, which makes the tool handy for phonics teaching, linguistics homework and word-game analysis.
Are accented letters and other languages counted?
The letter, vowel and consonant counts are based on the English alphabet A-Z, so accented characters like é or ñ are not included in the letter count — they do still appear in the total character counts. For counting words in any language, use our word counter, which is fully Unicode-aware.
Is my text uploaded when I use this tool?
No. All counting happens in JavaScript inside your browser. Your text never leaves your device, nothing is stored, and you can even use the tool offline once the page has loaded.