How does it define a paragraph?

A paragraph is any block of text separated from the next by one or more blank lines, matching how most documents structure paragraphs.

How are sentences counted?

The tool splits the text on sentence-ending punctuation — full stops, exclamation marks and question marks — followed by a space or the end of the text, then counts the non-empty pieces.

How are words counted?

Words are runs of non-whitespace characters, so anything separated by spaces, tabs or line breaks counts as one word regardless of language or punctuation attached to it.

Why track sentences per paragraph?

Very long paragraphs can be hard to read; aiming for roughly 3–5 sentences each keeps writing scannable, and this tool shows your average.

How are the averages calculated?

Average words per paragraph is total words ÷ paragraphs, and average sentences per paragraph is total sentences ÷ paragraphs, each rounded to one decimal place.

Does a single block of text with no blank lines count as one paragraph?

Yes. Without any blank line separators the whole text is treated as a single paragraph, while sentences and words are still counted normally.

No — paragraph, sentence and word counting all happen locally in your browser.

Paragraph Counter — Gera Tools

Paragraph counter

Paste your text to count paragraphs, sentences and words at once, plus the average words and sentences per paragraph. It is a quick way to check the structure and rhythm of essays, articles, blog posts and reports — long, dense paragraphs are a common readability problem, and the averages show them at a glance.

How it works

The counter analyses three things in your text:

Paragraphs — blocks separated by one or more blank lines (\n\s*\n).
Sentences — segments split on ., ! or ? followed by a space or the end of the text.
Words — runs of non-whitespace characters.

It then computes two averages, each rounded to one decimal:

avg words per paragraph     = total words ÷ paragraphs
avg sentences per paragraph = total sentences ÷ paragraphs

Example

Two paragraphs separated by a blank line, the first with two sentences and the second with one, totalling 30 words:

Paragraphs: 2
Sentences: 3
Words: 30
Avg words / paragraph: 30 ÷ 2 = 15.0
Avg sentences / paragraph: 3 ÷ 2 = 1.5

Everything is counted privately in your browser — nothing is uploaded.