[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40759: Word Count Discrepancies

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#40759: Word Count Discrepancies
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 Reporter:  pento           |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  administration  |
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 I've noticed several discrepancies between how WordPress, Pages, and Word
 count words. Given the following text, all three count things quite
 differently.

 {{{
 a 1
 foo-bar
 e.g.
 jack & jill
 5 @ $4.99
 .
 fuzz at baz.blog
 }}}

 || ||= WordPress =||= Word =||= Pages =||
 || Individual Words (a, jack, jill) ||  3  ||  3  ||  3  ||
 || Individual Numbers (1, 5) ||  0  ||  2  ||  2  ||
 || Hyphenated Words (foo-bar) ||  1  ||  1  ||  2  ||
 || Abbreviations (e.g.) ||  1  ||  1  ||  2  ||
 || Punctuation that translates to a word (&) ||  0  ||  1  ||  0  ||
 || Punctuation that translates to a word in this usage (@) ||  0  ||  1
 ||  0  ||
 || Punctuation that doesn't translate to a word (.) ||  0  ||  1  ||  0
 ||
 || Compound number ($4.99) ||  0  ||  1  ||  1  ||
 || Email address (`fuzz at baz.blog`) ||  1  ||  1  ||  3  ||

 I tend to fall in the camp of "what would a reasonable native speaker
 count as a word", which is probably closest to Word's definition, minus
 the punctuation that doesn't translate to a word.

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