# Word count search fields

Word count writes 6 fields into Confluence's own search index. Once a page has been indexed you can filter and sort by them in Capable Search, and use them in ordinary Confluence CQL.

![The Metrics panel for a page called Capable in Space Launch, listing 18 paragraphs, 514 words and 2,959 characters under Text, then images, links, dates and macros under Elements, then size and attach](https://help.gocapable.com/images/75b4ea99-5bd7-4a5c-93dd-3b6aefb2c8fa.webp)

Counts are split into the text on a page, the elements in it and everything else, and it is the text figures these fields hold.

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## The fields

| **Field**                  | **What it holds**                                                                       |
| -------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Capable Metrics Words      | Match or sort pages by stored word count. Backs the search table's Words sort.          |
| Capable Metrics Paragraphs | Match pages by stored paragraph count.                                                  |
| Capable Metrics Characters | Match pages by stored character count. Backs the built-in 'Empty content' search (= 0). |

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## Related

[GitHub search fields6 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/github-search-fields.html)

[Sites search fields3 fields.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/sites-search-fields.html)

[Capable search fieldsEvery field, and how they work.](https://help.gocapable.com/search/capable-search-fields.html)

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_Indexed, then searchable. In that order._