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AI Token Counter
Estimate how many tokens your text uses — helpful for prompt budgeting with LLMs.
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Formula
A useful estimate for English text: tokens ≈ words × 1.3, or roughly characters ÷ 4
How to calculate
- 1Count the words in your text.
- 2Multiply by 1.3 for a quick token estimate in English.
- 3Or divide the character count by 4 for a rough equivalent.
- 4Remember code and non-English text tokenize less predictably.
How to use this calculator
- 1Paste or type your prompt or text.
- 2Choose your target AI model family if the estimate differs.
- 3See the token count, word count and estimated cost context live.
- 4Adjust the text and watch counts update as you type.
Examples
Short prompt
A 100-word prompt is roughly 130 tokens — comfortably inside any modern model's context window.
Long document
A 5,000-word article is roughly 6,500 tokens — check your model's input limit before pasting it in.
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