FREE TOOL · MEASURED IN PIXELS
Google SERP preview
Your title tag and meta description, rendered as Google will display them. Measurement is done in pixels — which is what actually decides the cut.
Google SERP preview
Result preview
Google truncates by pixels, not characters
The “60 characters” rule is a misleading approximation. Google cuts at roughly 580 pixels for the title and 920 for the description: a title of 60 capital Ws overflows badly, a title of 75 lowercase i's fits comfortably.
That is why this tool measures the rendered width of the text, using fonts approximating those of the results pages, instead of counting characters. The difference shows as soon as a title carries many capitals, digits or accented letters.
What Google rewrites regardless
A preview is still a simulation. Google rewrites the title in a large share of cases, especially when it finds yours too far from the page content, stuffed with keywords, or identical to dozens of other pages on the same site.
The meta description is almost never used verbatim: the engine extracts the passage that best answers the query. Write it anyway — it is what shows for brand queries and in social media shares.
Common questions
Why is my title cut when it is under 60 characters?
Because the cut depends on pixel width. Capitals, digits and some accented characters are wider than lowercase letters. A 55-character title in caps can overflow where a 70-character lowercase one fits.
Are the thresholds exact?
They are approximations measured on desktop results: about 580 pixels for the title, 920 for the description. Google varies these widths by device, query and result format. Treat them as a safety margin, not an absolute boundary.
Will the preview match what I actually see?
In layout, yes. In content, not always: Google frequently rewrites titles and almost always replaces the description with a page extract matched to the query.
Is the text sent anywhere?
No. Rendering and measurement happen in your browser, with no network request.
A good title achieves nothing on a page that is not indexed.
Before optimising your tags, check that Google knows your pages. Search Console coverage tells you how many it excluded, and why — that is the first job of the SEO Foundation.