Is there an existing issue for this?

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Is the issue reproducible in Notepad++ without plugin?

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Is the issue reproducible in portable version of Notepad++?

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Does the issue affect SciTE?

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Description of the Issue

View -> Summary - word count is incorrect.

Steps To Reproduce

1.Cut and paste following values into a new document.
1,000
1,000.00
O'Connel
O' Connel

Word Count is 9. Should be 5.

Current Behavior

Word Count is 9.

Expected Behavior

Count should be 5.

Debug Information

Notepad++ v8.9.2   (64-bit)
Build time: Feb 13 2026 - 02:47:53
Scintilla/Lexilla included: 5.5.8/5.4.6
Boost Regex included: 1_90
pugixml included: 1.15
nlohmann JSON included: 3.12.0
Path: C:\Program Files\Notepad++\notepad++.exe
Command Line: 
Admin mode: OFF
Local Conf mode: OFF
Cloud Config: OFF
Periodic Backup: ON
Placeholders: OFF
Scintilla Rendering Mode: SC_TECHNOLOGY_DEFAULT (0)
Multi-instance Mode: monoInst
asNotepad: OFF
File Status Auto-Detection: cdEnabledNew (for current file/tab only)
Dark Mode: OFF
Display Info:
    primary monitor: 1440x2560, scaling 125%
    visible monitors count: 2
    installed Display Class adapters: 
        0000: Description - NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
        0000: DriverVersion - 22.21.13.8476
OS Name: Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
OS Build: 7601.24544
Current ANSI codepage: 1252
Plugins: 
    mimeTools (3.1)
    NppConverter (4.7)
    NppExport (0.4)
    XMLTools (3.1.1.13)

Anything else?

I know this is trivial stats, but I was using this as a standard to test against, when I was writing my own word count in C# for new 1995 Dale Chall Algo. Turns out it's the simplest things are sometime the most complex. I had to build a list for all Unicode title prefixes and suffixes. Cheers, and thanks for this Notepad++ being a legend in my toolbox.
https://readabilityformulas.com/learn-about-the-new-dale-chall-readability-formula/