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Why Token Counts Differ from Word Counts

A word count cannot tell you exactly how many tokens an LLM will process. Token counts depend on the tokenizer or model family, the spelling and formatting of the text, and sometimes the structure of the API request around it. Rules such as “one token equals three-quarters of a word” are rough esti…

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  1. 2026-11-04 19:00 · DEV Community — AI
    Why Token Counts Differ from Word Counts

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