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Asked: 2026-06-01T04:42:40+00:00

I have 2 columns in a table and I would like to roughly report

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I have 2 columns in a table and I would like to roughly report on the total number of words.
Is it possible to run a MySQL query and find out the total number of words down a column.

It would basically be any text separated by a space or multiple space.
Doesn’t need to be 100% accurate as its just a general guide.

Is this possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try something like this:

    SELECT COUNT(LENGTH(column) - LENGTH(REPLACE(column, ' ', '')) + 1)
FROM table

    This will count the number of caracters in your column, and substracts the number of caracters in your column removing all the spaces. Hereby you know how many spaces you have in your row and hereby know how many words there are (roughly because you can also type in a double space, this wil count as two words but you say you want it roughly so this should suffice).

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