📐 SEO Tool

Pixel Width
Checker

Google truncates titles and descriptions by pixel width, not character count. See exactly where yours will cut off, with a live SERP preview.

📐 Pixel Width Checker

Desktop truncates around 600px (~50-60 chars, varies by letter width).

Desktop truncates around 920px (~120-158 chars, varies by letter width).

Google SERP Preview
Your title will appear here
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Your meta description will appear here, showing exactly how it renders in Google search results.

📏 Character Limits Reference

FieldLimitNotes
Title tag (desktop)~600px (≈50-60 chars)Wide letters (W, M, capitals) use more pixels than narrow ones (i, l, t)
Title tag (mobile)~480px (≈35-40 chars)Shorter safe zone on phone screens
Meta description (desktop)~920px (≈120-158 chars)Google truncates to the nearest whole word, not mid-word
Meta description (mobile)~680px (≈120 chars)
Safe zone for both50-55 characters (title)Reliably avoids truncation regardless of letter width

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about character limits and how the tool works.

Google uses pixel width, not character count, to decide when to truncate a title tag. Titles typically display up to approximately 600 pixels on desktop before truncating with an ellipsis. Character count is only a rough proxy because letters have different widths — a W or M takes up far more space than an i or l.
As a practical guideline, 50-55 characters using standard mixed-case text is safe for most title tags. If your title uses many wide characters (capital letters, W, M) aim closer to 50; if it uses mostly narrow characters (i, l, t, lowercase) you can often go slightly longer.
Meta descriptions are typically truncated around 920 pixels on desktop (roughly 120-158 characters) and around 680 pixels on mobile (roughly 120 characters). Google truncates to the nearest whole word rather than mid-word.
Truncation itself is not a direct ranking penalty — Google still indexes the full title text for relevance purposes. The impact is on click-through rate: if your most compelling words or keyword get cut off with an ellipsis, fewer people click, which can indirectly affect performance over time.
Yes, completely free with no signup. It measures the actual rendered pixel width of your title and meta description using canvas font metrics, the same underlying approach search engines use to determine truncation.