Total: 0
Unique: 0
Length: 0
| Group | Characters (unique) | Count |
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Tip: Press Ctrl/Cmd + Enter to analyze quickly. Your text never leaves your browser.
| Group | Characters (unique) | Count |
|---|---|---|
| No data yet | ||
Tip: Press Ctrl/Cmd + Enter to analyze quickly. Your text never leaves your browser.
Special characters are the “non-letter” and “non-number” parts of text: punctuation marks, symbols, currency signs, mathematical operators, emojis, and invisible formatting characters that appear after copying from websites, PDFs, or messaging apps. Even though these characters look small, they can cause big issues in real work. For example, when you paste text into forms, subtitles, spreadsheets, code editors, product descriptions, or SEO fields, extra symbols or invisible characters may break validation rules, create unexpected spacing, or change how a system reads your content. This tool helps you quickly see what is inside your text — and how often it appears — without sending your data anywhere.
The Special Character Counter works completely in your browser. When you click “Analyze,” it scans your text and groups matches into useful categories such as punctuation, symbols, math & currency, quotes, emojis, and invisible characters. Then it builds a simple breakdown table that shows (1) the group name, (2) the unique characters found, and (3) the total count for that group. This is especially helpful for cleaning content before posting on social media, writing articles, preparing PDF text, checking chat logs, or debugging a string that behaves strangely in a program.
Many people only notice obvious characters like commas or exclamation marks. But modern text often includes curly quotes, special dashes (– —), typographic bullets, and copied symbols like © ® ™. Emojis are another common case: they may be harmless in chat, but they can cause errors in CSV exports or data pipelines. Invisible characters are even trickier: things like zero-width spaces, BOM (byte order mark), and directional marks can make two strings look identical while they still compare as “different” in a system. For that reason, this tool includes a dedicated “Invisible / Zero-Width” group so you can detect them quickly.
Use this tool when you want a quick audit: check how “noisy” your text is, confirm whether a field contains emojis, identify hidden characters, or create a clean report for a client or teammate. After analyzing, you can copy a formatted report with totals and the breakdown table. That makes it easy to paste results into an email, a document, or a bug report. Because everything runs locally, your text stays private and never leaves your browser tab.