diff --git a/AK/StringBase.h b/AK/StringBase.h
index 37c699a120b..55b8f8860e8 100644
--- a/AK/StringBase.h
+++ b/AK/StringBase.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] ReadonlyBytes bytes() const;
     [[nodiscard]] u32 hash() const;
     [[nodiscard]] size_t byte_count() const;
+    [[nodiscard]] ALWAYS_INLINE size_t length_in_code_units() const { return byte_count(); }
 
     [[nodiscard]] bool operator==(StringBase const&) const;
 
diff --git a/AK/Utf8View.h b/AK/Utf8View.h
index 3b8d0cd63a9..cd7442804c0 100644
--- a/AK/Utf8View.h
+++ b/AK/Utf8View.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public:
 
     unsigned char const* bytes() const { return begin_ptr(); }
     size_t byte_length() const { return m_string.length(); }
+    [[nodiscard]] ALWAYS_INLINE size_t length_in_code_units() const { return byte_length(); }
 
     size_t code_point_offset_of(size_t code_unit_offset) const;