When letter count is the number you actually need
School puzzles, cryptograms, and some language drills ask for letters, not “characters.” If you paste a sentence into a generic character counter, spaces and commas inflate the number. This tool strips those out so “Hello, world!” is 10 letters, not 13 characters.
It also keeps a side tally of digits, spaces, and punctuation so you can see where the rest of the string went — useful when a form rejects “special characters” but you are not sure which ones you typed.
How the count is done
Each symbol is classified with Unicode letter and punctuation properties, so é and ñ count as letters. The “most used letters” row is case-insensitive, which is what frequency tables in English class usually want.
Frequently asked questions
Also useful: Character Counter · Word Counter