Nepali Word Counter
नेपाली शब्द गणक
Count Nepali words, characters, sentences and paragraphs, with a reading-time estimate.
Count Nepali words, characters, sentences and paragraphs as you type. The counter handles Devanagari, English and mixed text, and estimates reading time — all in your browser.
About the Nepali word counter
Word counts matter more than they seem. Students have to hit a word limit, writers price work by length, translators quote per word, and anyone posting to social media or a website wants to know how long the text is. Counting Nepali by hand is slower than counting English, because a single visible अक्षर can be several code points (a base letter plus a vowel sign or a halant). This tool counts Nepali, English and mixed text correctly and shows every figure you need in one place.
How to use it
- Type or paste your text into the box. Devanagari, Latin or a mix of both all work.
- Every figure updates instantly — there is no button to press.
- Use Copy text to copy the original, or Clear to start again.
What each figure means
- Words — groups of characters separated by spaces, so both नमस्ते संसार and Hello world count as two words. Stray punctuation such as a lone danda (।) is not counted as a word.
- Characters — every character including spaces, counted as Unicode code points so each letter and matra counts once.
- Characters (no spaces) — the useful figure for character limits on forms and bios, which usually ignore spaces.
- Sentences — counted by sentence-ending marks: the danda (।), double danda (॥), full stop, question mark and exclamation mark.
- Paragraphs — blocks of text separated by a blank line.
- Reading time — estimated at about 200 words per minute, the usual blog-reading benchmark; slow or technical texts take longer.
Nepali vs English counting
English word counts are simple because words are separated by spaces. Nepali is written the same way, so the whitespace rule works for it too — the subtlety is on the character side, where Nasalisation and vowel signs add code points without adding visible letters. This tool counts underlying Unicode characters consistently, which is what forms, databases and editors measure. If a specific institution gives its own rule (for example, counting only visible अक्षर), treat this as a close guide and check their requirement.