Writing & Text Utility
Paragraph Counter
Count plain-text paragraph blocks using a clear blank-line rule.
Count paragraphs
Method
The counter normalizes common line endings and scans the text line by line. A paragraph begins when a non-empty line appears after the start of the text or after at least one blank line. Consecutive non-empty lines remain part of the same paragraph block.
Worked example
Two non-empty lines followed by a blank line and then one more non-empty line are counted as 2 paragraphs containing 3 non-empty lines.
When this is useful
Paragraph counts are useful for drafts, transcripts, plain-text imports, prompt preparation, and editorial checks where blank-line-separated blocks are meaningful.
Privacy
The text is analyzed locally in the browser and is not sent to a counting service.
Limitations
The rule is intentionally plain-text based. Indentation, HTML paragraph tags, Markdown syntax, and visual wrapping do not create paragraph boundaries unless the pasted text contains blank-line separators.
FAQ
What counts as a paragraph?
A paragraph is a block of one or more non-empty logical lines separated from the next block by at least one blank line.
Does indentation create a paragraph?
No. This version uses blank-line separation only, which is predictable for plain text.
For organizations
If you operate a website, learning resource, agency project, or developer platform and want to evaluate this utility as a maintained embed, see education use cases and developer-platform use cases. PTH Embed is currently a controlled beta with selective qualified tools and aggregate usage metering.
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