# I want to get word count from the reviews before they are fed to the database. How can I achieve this in sparkflows?

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**Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.sparkflows.ai/t/i-want-to-get-word-count-from-the-reviews-before-they-are-fed-to-the-database-how-can-i-achieve-this-in-sparkflows/129/1 "2025-12-16T12:44:36Z")

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In Sparkflows, we can use the ‘Word Count’ processor to get word count of selected columns.

To use the ‘Word Count’ Processor:

- Select a set of columns for which word count is to be computed in the ‘Input Columns’ field.
- Output would display word count for each selected columns.

For more information read the Sparkflows Documentation here:

> **[Word Count — Sparkflows 3.0 documentation](https://sparkflows-processors.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-Data-Preparation/16-Others/wordcount.html)**