Word Count Difference: Before and After Editing

Paste the original and edited versions of a text to see how many words, characters, sentences and paragraphs were added or cut, with percentages.

About Word Count Difference: Before and After Editing

When you edit a draft down to a word limit, or expand it, it helps to know exactly how much changed. Paste the original version on the left and the edited version on the right, and the table shows the words, characters, sentences and paragraphs in each, plus the change as a number and as a percentage of the original.

Additions show in green and cuts in red. Counting works the same way as the Word Counter, so the figures match between the two tools. Both texts stay in your browser.

How to use it

  1. Paste the original text into the left box.
  2. Paste the edited text into the right box.
  3. Read the change in words, characters, sentences and paragraphs.

Questions

Does it show which words changed?

No, it compares the counts only. To see the exact lines and words that changed, use the Diff Checker.

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