hugo-theme-next/layouts/partials/post/header_meta/words.html

{{- if .Site.Params.postMeta.wordCount }}
<span class="post-meta-item" title="{{ T "PostWords" }}">
  <span class="post-meta-item-icon">
    <i class="far fa-file-word"></i>
  </span>
  <span class="post-meta-item-text">{{- print (T "PostWords") (T "SymbolColon") -}}</span><span>{{- T "PostWordCount" . -}}</span>
</span>
{{- end }}