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+---
+title: countwords
+description: Counts the number of words in a string.
+godocref:
+date: 2017-02-01
+publishdate: 2017-02-01
+lastmod: 2017-02-01
+categories: [functions]
+menu:
+ docs:
+ parent: "functions"
+keywords: [counting, word count]
+signature: ["countwords INPUT"]
+workson: []
+hugoversion:
+relatedfuncs: [countrunes]
+deprecated: false
+aliases: [/functions/countwords/]
+---
+
+The template function works similar to the [.WordCount page variable][pagevars].
+
+```
+{{ "Hugo is a static site generator." | countwords }}
+<!-- outputs a content length of 6 words. -->
+```
+
+
+[pagevars]: /variables/page/