Sentence Length Checker
See every sentence in your text with its length, so you can find the ones that run long and split them before a reader gives up. Long sentences are the fixable kind.
How to use
- Paste your text into the box.
- Set the length that counts as too long.
- Open the sentences that are over the line.
A sentence length checker lists each sentence with its word count. Long sentences are the most common cause of hard reading, and they are also the easiest thing to fix.
Paste or type your text.
Long sentences
Questions about sentence length checker
- How long is too long?
- Around 25 words for general writing, and 30 or more is usually where a reader starts losing the thread.
- How do I shorten a long sentence?
- Split it at a conjunction, or move a clause into its own sentence.
- Does it count words the same way as the word counter?
- Yes, so the totals here and in the word counter agree.
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