This is not one letter per line. The vertical text tool, if you need that, is a different split. Here the unit is the word.
How to use
- Type a phrase.
- Press Stack. Blank runs of space do not become blank lines.
- Reset restores Hello there friend.
Formula / how it works
The split. The phrase is split on whitespace. Empty pieces are dropped, so two spaces do not create an empty line. Each remaining word is written, then a newline. The word count is the number of those lines. Hello there friend is 3. One two is 2. Punctuation stays attached to the word it was typed with, because the split is on spaces only. “friend,” with a comma stays “friend,”. Letters are not reversed and not widened.
Why words, not letters. A letter stack is hard to read and is a different tool. A word stack is a list. You can number it yourself. You can sort it with another tool. The order is the order you typed. There is no sort on this page. There is no bullet. If you wanted a comma-separated line, that is the column-to-comma idea, not this one. This page only breaks on spaces.
Limits. 500 characters. No font change. The result is ordinary letters, so a machine without special Unicode still shows every word. Copy the lines under the Stacked label if you do not want the label in the destination.
A shopping list typed as a sentence becomes a list. Read it before you trust the split: a hyphenated word stays one item, and a number stuck to a word stays with it. If you needed the number on its own line, type a space. The count is the check. If you expected five items and the count is four, two words were not separated. The original phrase is still in the box until you reset.
A sentence stacked into words is a list you can reorder by hand. The tool will not sort, number, or dedupe. If two identical words appear, you get two lines. That is the sentence, not a set. A hyphenated compound stays one line because the hyphen is not whitespace. Break it with a space if you needed two lines. The word count is the number of lines under the label, not the number of lines including the label. When you copy, decide whether the destination should include the word Stacked. For a list, start at the first word. For a note about the tool, include the label. Five hundred characters is enough for a short paragraph and not enough for a chapter. Split a chapter yourself.
Hello there friend is three everyday words so the lines are obvious. One two is the smallest pair that still shows a break. A single word stays one line and the count is 1, which is correct: there was nothing to split. If you wanted a letter stack, this is the wrong split. Type the words with spaces if you want more lines. The tool will not insert spaces for you. It only honours the spaces you already typed. A count of 1 means one word was typed, so there was no space to break on and nothing else to stack. The line stays a single line.
Worked examples
Three words
Inputs: Text: Hello there friend
Leave the text as Hello there friend and press Stack. The word count is 3.
Result: Stacked:
Hello
there
friend
Words: 3
Each word is on its own line. Letters are not split.
Two words
Inputs: Text: One two
Change the text to One two and press Stack. The word count is 2.
Result: Stacked:
One
two
Words: 2
Each word is on its own line. Letters are not split.
Use cases
- Turning a sentence into a list of words.
- Checking that a double space did not create a blank line.
- Keeping ordinary letters rather than a letter-by-letter stack.
- A word count that matches the lines.
Tips & limitations
- Type a space if two tokens should be separate lines.
- Punctuation stays on the word.
- The label Stacked is not one of the words.
- 500 characters is the cap.
FAQ
Does each letter get a line?
No. Each word gets a line. Letters stay side by side inside the word.
What happens to a double space?
Empty pieces are dropped. You do not get a blank line for the extra space.
Is the order changed?
No. The first word stays first.
Will a comma split a word?
No. Only whitespace splits. A comma stays attached.
Can I stack a long paragraph?
Up to 500 characters. Beyond that the box is refused.
Is the phrase uploaded?
No. The lines are built in the browser.
Runs entirely in your browser; your text is not uploaded. Counts and scores are heuristics, so review the output before you publish it.