diff --git a/apps/client/package.json b/apps/client/package.json
index c8d5fe7e..b1c935c2 100644
--- a/apps/client/package.json
+++ b/apps/client/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "@tabler/icons-react": "^3.34.0",
     "@tanstack/react-query": "^5.80.6",
     "@tiptap/extension-character-count": "^2.10.3",
+    "alfaaz": "^1.1.0",
     "axios": "^1.9.0",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "emoji-mart": "^5.6.0",
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/editor/extensions/extensions.ts b/apps/client/src/features/editor/extensions/extensions.ts
index eb0e62f2..96b520ad 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/editor/extensions/extensions.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/editor/extensions/extensions.ts
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import i18n from "@/i18n.ts";
 import { MarkdownClipboard } from "@/features/editor/extensions/markdown-clipboard.ts";
 import EmojiCommand from "./emoji-command";
 import { CharacterCount } from "@tiptap/extension-character-count";
+import { countWords } from "alfaaz";
 
 const lowlight = createLowlight(common);
 lowlight.register("mermaid", plaintext);
@@ -213,7 +214,9 @@ export const mainExtensions = [
   MarkdownClipboard.configure({
     transformPastedText: true,
   }),
-  CharacterCount
+  CharacterCount.configure({
+    wordCounter: (text) => countWords(text),
+  }),
 ] as any;
 
 type CollabExtensions = (provider: HocuspocusProvider, user: IUser) => any[];
@@ -229,4 +232,4 @@ export const collabExtensions: CollabExtensions = (provider, user) => [
       color: randomElement(userColors),
     },
   }),
-];
\ No newline at end of file
+];
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 6e078f47..b248afbe 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ importers:
       '@tiptap/extension-character-count':
         specifier: ^2.10.3
         version: 2.14.0(@tiptap/core@2.14.0(@tiptap/pm@2.14.0))(@tiptap/pm@2.14.0)
+      alfaaz:
+        specifier: ^1.1.0
+        version: 1.1.0
       axios:
         specifier: ^1.9.0
         version: 1.9.0
@@ -4680,6 +4683,9 @@ packages:
   ajv@8.17.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-B/gBuNg5SiMTrPkC+A2+cW0RszwxYmn6VYxB/inlBStS5nx6xHIt/ehKRhIMhqusl7a8LjQoZnjCs5vhwxOQ1g==}
 
+  alfaaz@1.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-J/P07R41APslK7NmD5303bwStN8jpRA4DdvtLeAr1Jhfj6XWGrASUWI0G6jbWjJAZyw3Lu1Pb4J8rsM/cb+xDQ==}
+
   ansi-align@3.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-IOfwwBF5iczOjp/WeY4YxyjqAFMQoZufdQWDd19SEExbVLNXqvpzSJ/M7Za4/sCPmQ0+GRquoA7bGcINcxew6w==}
 
@@ -14556,6 +14562,8 @@ snapshots:
       json-schema-traverse: 1.0.0
       require-from-string: 2.0.2
 
+  alfaaz@1.1.0: {}
+
   ansi-align@3.0.1:
     dependencies:
       string-width: 4.2.3