A simple word-count truncation can cut a passage off mid-sentence, which reads awkwardly — this tool instead trims to the nearest complete sentence at or before your target word limit, keeping the result grammatically whole.
It splits your text into sentences, adds them one at a time while tracking the running word count, and stops just before the next sentence would push the total over your specified limit, ensuring the excerpt always ends cleanly.
This is useful for generating an article preview or excerpt that reads naturally rather than stopping abruptly mid-thought, which a simple character or word-count truncation would otherwise produce.
Because everything runs locally in your browser, results appear instantly and nothing you type or upload is ever sent to a server.
Bookmark this page if you expect to use this tool regularly — it loads fast and behaves the same way every time, with no account needed.
This kind of task shows up constantly in everyday writing, coding, design, and admin work, which is exactly why a dedicated, focused tool saves so much back-and-forth.
A tool that does one job well, without a cluttered interface or unrelated features competing for attention, tends to be faster to use than a heavier all-in-one app.
If you find yourself needing this often, keeping this page open in a tab is usually faster than digging through a bigger software suite's menus.
Frequently asked questions
Will the result ever go slightly under my word limit?
Yes, since the tool prioritizes ending on a complete sentence over hitting the word count exactly, the final result may land a bit under your specified limit rather than cutting a sentence short to match it precisely.
What if a single sentence alone exceeds my word limit?
In that edge case, the tool includes that first sentence in full even though it exceeds the limit, since there's no earlier complete-sentence stopping point within the limit.