* Word Length Varies: Words have different lengths. "I" is one character, while "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" is a mouthful!
* Spaces and Punctuation: Spaces and punctuation marks also take up characters, making it harder to count words accurately.
Here's how to think about it:
* Average word length: If we assume an average word length of 5 characters (including spaces), then 125 characters could contain about 25 words.
* Short words: If the text is made up of many short words, there could be more words in 125 characters.
* Long words: If the text contains a lot of long words, there could be fewer words in 125 characters.
To get an accurate count, you'd need to know the actual text.