Writing Tools
LIVETOOLSLAB’s writing tools count words and characters so you can hit essay limits, social media character counts and SEO length guidelines, and rewrite stiff, AI-sounding drafts into plain English. Text stays in your browser.
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Common limits writers check
| Text | Usual unit | Typical limit |
|---|---|---|
| Essays and assignments | Words | Set by your institution |
| X (Twitter) post | Characters | 280 (standard accounts) |
| SMS | Characters | 160 per part (70 with emoji) |
| SEO title / meta description | Display width | ~50–60 / ~120–155 characters |
Always follow the exact rule of the platform or institution. Some count spaces, some exclude references, and some count emoji as two characters.
Which writing tool do you need?
Use the AI text humanizer to strip filler, clichés and stiff vocabulary from AI-assisted drafts before you edit them. Use the word counter for essays, articles and anything measured in words; it also shows sentences, paragraphs and reading time. Use the character counter for posts, SMS, form fields and meta descriptions; it counts emoji and accented letters as single characters.
Related tools for writers
Check repetition with the keyword density checker, and preview a headline as a search result with the SERP snippet preview.
Frequently asked questions
No. Counting and rewriting happen in your browser and the text isn’t sent to a server.
No. It uses rewriting rules that run in your browser, so your text isn’t sent to an AI service.