Extract Words by Length
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Extract words from text filtered by character length.
Examples
Text: 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog' Filter: 5-letter words
5-letter words found: quick brown jumps
Text: 'Programming is fascinating and rewarding' Filter: 8+ letters
Words with 8+ letters: programming (11) fascinating (11) rewarding (9)
Frequently Asked Questions
Word length is simply the number of characters in the word, counting only letters. Punctuation attached to words (like commas or periods) is excluded. Hyphenated words can be treated as one word or split, depending on your settings.
Yes! Filter for 5-letter words to get potential Wordle answers. For better results, paste text from a specific topic to get themed word lists, or use general content for variety. All common English 5-letter words can be extracted.
Contractions like "don't" can be treated as one word or split. Hyphenated words like "self-aware" can be counted as 9 letters or split into "self" (4) and "aware" (5). Toggle these options based on your preference.
The average English word is about 4.5-5 letters long. However, this varies significantly by text type: tweets average shorter words, academic papers average longer. Our tool shows your text's distribution compared to typical English.
Yes, use the "longest words" filter to see words sorted by length, starting with the longest. This helps identify complex vocabulary, technical terms, or impressively long words in any text.
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