Unstructured Text
Sentence Counter
Count your sentences and see how long they are on average, a quick check for readable writing.
When to use it
Typical uses: Improving readability of articles, emails and reports; Checking assignments that ask for a specific number of sentences; Finding overly long sentences to split.
In a pipeline
Text InputSentence CounterExport CSV
Settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default or hint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text column | select | — | Text |
Example
Sentence Counter: an example
| Text |
|---|
| The report is ready. Did you review the figures in section two before the meeting on Monday? Great! |
| Sentences | Words | Average Words per Sentence | Longest Sentence (words) | Shortest Sentence (words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
Worth knowing
- How does the tool decide where a sentence ends? It uses your browser’s built-in, language-aware sentence rules, which look at full stops, question marks and exclamation marks together with capital letters and spacing.
- Can abbreviations like “e.g.” confuse the count? Occasionally. Abbreviations followed by a capital letter may be treated as a sentence end. For most everyday text the count is accurate.
- What is a good average sentence length? For general web content, about 15 to 20 words is easy to read. Technical or academic writing is often longer.
- The counts are added as columns, so a folder of documents gives one row of counts per file — ready for Sort Rows or Export CSV.