About ABCcount
ABCcount builds writing tools for anyone who writes: students and teachers, novelists and screenwriters, people writing emails and proposals, and teams who need everyone's writing to be clear and correct. We are based in Houston, Texas, and were founded in 2026.
Most AI writing tools are built to make text read better, and they are good at it. But on the way they often change what the text says: a number moves, a date shifts, a careful “may” becomes a confident “will”. The result reads better and means something slightly different, and because it reads better, nobody notices.
ABCcount is built so that a rewrite improves how you say something without changing what you said. That principle runs through all 17 writing modes, from an everyday email or an essay to a chapter of fiction, and every rewrite is checked against your original before you see it.
What we build
Free writing tools
A word counter, readability checker, Text Compare, citation generator, platform counters and more, plus daily word games. No account needed, and most run entirely in your browser.
ABCcount Pro
AI writing help in 17 modes: everyday writing such as emails, proposals and notes; Academic; five Creative genres for fiction and scripts; and professional modes for Legal, Medical and Energy work. Plus grammar, summaries, translation and plagiarism checking.
ABCcount Teams
ABCcount for organizations of any kind, from businesses and agencies to schools and professional firms: shared workspaces, admin controls, your own terms, and a free 14-day pilot.
Where you write
On abccount.com, in a browser extension for Chrome, Edge, Brave and most other browsers, in a Windows app that works in Word, Outlook and Scrivener, and in Google Docs.
Students and schools
Writing help that keeps a student’s own argument and evidence intact, plus citation and readability tools, and a guide for schools and universities.
How we work
Accuracy before polish
Every rewrite is checked against your original before you see it, so figures and dates come back as written. The professional modes go further and keep careful words like "suspected" and "not confirmed" too.
Show the changes
You can see what a rewrite changed, word by word. We would rather you check our work than take it on trust.
Say what it cannot do
No tool catches everything, ours included. Where a check has a limit, we say so on the page that describes it.
Your text stays yours
The free counting tools run entirely in your browser. For the AI tools, our trust page sets out exactly where text goes and what each provider keeps.
Independent
ABCcount is independent and self-funded, with no outside investors. That lets us build for the people who use it, at a pace set by getting things right. ABCcount Teams is listed in the LawNext Legal Technology Directory, and our articles and free templates cover how AI editing can change the facts in professional writing.
Contact
- Support: support@abccount.com
- Firms and sales: sales@abccount.com
- Data and security: how we handle your text
The name? Always Be Counting. It started as a word counter, and the free counter is still here.