Free Online Letter Counter Tool

A letter counter tallies only alphabetic characters, ignoring spaces, digits, punctuation and symbols — useful for word games and language analysis.

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Letters (A–Z)
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Non-letters

How to Use This Text Tool

  1. Paste or type your text into the input field.
  2. Read the ASCII letter count and the Unicode letter count in the stats panel.
  3. Compare against the total character count to see how much non-letter content the passage carries.
  4. Click Copy to send the source back to your clipboard.

What Is a Letter Counter?

A letter counter is narrower than a character counter: it counts letters and only letters. That makes it the right tool for Scrabble or anagram analysis, for academic exercises like "how many letters in this passage," and for normalising counts when punctuation and whitespace would otherwise inflate the number.

The tool reports two numbers side by side: ASCII letters (strict A–Z, the most common definition) and Unicode letters (extended to include é, ñ, Cyrillic, Greek and any script-letter character). Choose whichever matches your use case.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a letter?
Only A–Z and a–z are counted as letters by default. Numbers, spaces, punctuation, and symbols are excluded. The tool also reports a separate Unicode letter count that includes accented characters like é, ñ, and ü.
When would I use a letter counter vs character counter?
Use a letter counter for word games (like Scrabble), anagrams, or when you need to know how many actual letters are in text. Use a character counter for platform limits like Twitter or SMS.
Does it count accented letters?
The basic count covers A–Z only. The extended Unicode count includes letters from any script (accented Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, etc.) since they are alphabetic characters in Unicode.

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Reviewed: May 2026. Disclaimer: this tool is provided as-is for general informational use. For decisions with material consequences (medical, legal, financial, security) verify results against a qualified professional source.

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