About the Sentence Counter
Readable writing keeps most sentences between 15 and 20 words. Paste your text to count sentences and see the average length, a quick indicator of whether your prose needs shorter sentences.
The counter recognises sentence-ending punctuation (. ! ? …) while ignoring common abbreviations such as “e.g.”, “Dr.” and decimal numbers like 3.14.
How to use it
- Paste your text.
- Check the sentence count and average words per sentence.
- Split long sentences if the average is above ~25 words.
Good to know
- Sentence detection is heuristic; unusual abbreviations or missing spaces after periods can affect the count.
- Bulleted lists without periods are counted as one sentence per paragraph.