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Total characters in all words divided by the number of words (spaces and punctuation are ignored for word splitting).

Calculate the average number of characters per word in a text. Useful for writing and readability analysis.

Average length

3.89

9 words, 35 characters

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Calculates the average number of characters per word (excluding spaces).

Examples

"hello world" → 5.0 (10 characters / 2 words)

"a bb ccc" → 2.0 (6 / 3)

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Calculate the average number of characters per word in a text. Useful for writing and readability analysis.

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Do I need to sign up?: No. The tool works without an account.
Are my data uploaded?: Compatible operations run locally in the browser.
How is average word length calculated?: Total characters in all words divided by the number of words (spaces and punctuation are ignored for word splitting).