SOP Word Counter with University Word Limits
Paste your statement of purpose to count words, characters and pages, and check it against the program's limit.
- Words
- 0
- Characters
- 0
- Without spaces
- 0
- Sentences
- 0
- Paragraphs
- 0
0 of 1000 words · 1000 left
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How this tool works
- A word is any run of non-space characters that contains at least one letter or number. Hyphenated words count once, and stray dashes or punctuation are not counted.
- Characters are counted with and without spaces. Sentences are split after a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark followed by a space, and paragraphs are separated by blank lines.
- Pages are an estimate at 500 words per single-spaced page, so a page limit is only checked approximately. Check the program's font and spacing rules.
- The preset limits cover 11 programs. Each was read from the official program page and last checked on 30 October 2026. Programs that publish no limit are left out, and you can enter a custom limit.
- Counting runs in your browser. Application portals can count a few words differently, so leave some margin under the limit.
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