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Understanding Tokenization

See how AI models break text into tokens in real-time. Tokenization affects context limits, API costs, and how AI "reads" your text. Each token is color-coded and shows its unique ID.

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Key Concepts

  • • Each token ≈ 4 characters
  • • Tokens affect API costs
  • • Context limits measured in tokens
  • • Different models use different encodings
  • • Numbers and code use more tokens

Why This Matters

  • Costs: You pay per token
  • Limits: Context windows measured in tokens
  • Speed: More tokens = slower response
  • Accuracy: Token boundaries affect understanding

Example Scenarios

Input Text

Type or paste text to see how it's tokenized

Tokenized Output

Each color represents a unique token. Click to see token ID.

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Token IDs

The numeric IDs that represent each token

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