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Text Statistics

A complete profile of any text in one pass.

Every figure is shown with the range that ordinary English prose falls into, and flagged when yours sits outside it.

Measure Your text Typical range

Most frequent words

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Quick Tool Overview

Text Statistics builds a complete profile of a document in one pass — volume, averages, distribution, vocabulary, readability and pacing — and puts each figure in context, because an average sentence length of 24 words means nothing until you know the normal range is 15 to 20.

What it does
Produces a full statistical profile of a text
You give it
An article, chapter, report or transcript
You get back
Every measure, each against its normal range
Best for
Self-editing and understanding a draft at a glance
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About the Text Statistics

Individual counters answer one question each. This answers all of them at once and, more usefully, puts the numbers in context — a sentence length of 24 words means nothing until you know that ordinary English prose averages 15 to 20.

The profile covers volume (characters, words, sentences, paragraphs), averages with their normal ranges marked, distribution (how sentence lengths vary, which is what makes prose feel monotonous or varied), vocabulary (distinct words, diversity, most frequent terms), readability, and pacing. Where a figure falls outside the typical range it is flagged, so the output is a set of observations rather than a wall of numbers.

Key features of the Text Statistics

Every figure in context

Averages come with the typical English range and are flagged when they fall outside it.

Sentence length distribution

Variation, not just the average — which is what separates varied prose from monotonous prose.

Vocabulary profile

Distinct words, diversity ratio and the terms the text leans on most.

Readability included

A grade level alongside the counts, so you do not need a second tool.

Reading and speaking time

At 225 and 130 words per minute, the established averages for each.

How to use the Text Statistics

  1. 1

    Paste your text

    An article, a chapter, a report or a transcript.

  2. 2

    Read the volume figures

    Characters, words, sentences and paragraphs, with reading and speaking times.

  3. 3

    Check the averages against normal

    Each average is shown with the typical English range, and flagged when it falls outside.

  4. 4

    Look at the distribution

    Sentence length variation is what separates varied prose from monotonous prose.

Frequently asked questions

Fifteen to twenty words for general English prose. Journalism runs shorter, around 12 to 18. Academic writing runs longer, often 25 to 30, which is a large part of why it is harder to read.

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