Words to Pages Calculator
2 pages
About 500 words per page (Single spaced).
The same count in other layouts
- Double spaced
- 4 pages
- Paperback 5 x 8 in
- 4 pages
- Paperback 6 x 9 in
- 3.3 pages
How many pages is it?
| Words | Single spaced | Double spaced | Paperback 6 x 9 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 250 | 0.5 pages | 1 page | 0.8 pages |
| 500 | 1 page | 2 pages | 1.7 pages |
| 750 | 1.5 pages | 3 pages | 2.5 pages |
| 1,000 | 2 pages | 4 pages | 3.3 pages |
| 1,500 | 3 pages | 6 pages | 5 pages |
| 2,000 | 4 pages | 8 pages | 6.7 pages |
| 2,500 | 5 pages | 10 pages | 8.3 pages |
| 3,000 | 6 pages | 12 pages | 10 pages |
| 4,000 | 8 pages | 16 pages | 13 pages |
| 5,000 | 10 pages | 20 pages | 17 pages |
| 10,000 | 20 pages | 40 pages | 33 pages |
| 20,000 | 40 pages | 80 pages | 67 pages |
| 50,000 | 100 pages | 200 pages | 167 pages |
| 80,000 | 160 pages | 320 pages | 267 pages |
| 100,000 | 200 pages | 400 pages | 333 pages |
How many words is it?
| Pages | Single spaced | Double spaced | Paperback 6 x 9 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 words | 250 words | 300 words |
| 2 | 1,000 words | 500 words | 600 words |
| 3 | 1,500 words | 750 words | 900 words |
| 4 | 2,000 words | 1,000 words | 1,200 words |
| 5 | 2,500 words | 1,250 words | 1,500 words |
| 10 | 5,000 words | 2,500 words | 3,000 words |
| 20 | 10,000 words | 5,000 words | 6,000 words |
| 100 | 50,000 words | 25,000 words | 30,000 words |
| 300 | 150,000 words | 75,000 words | 90,000 words |
Single and double spaced: 12 pt Times New Roman on US Letter with one-inch margins. Paperback: a typical 6 x 9 in novel page in 11 pt type. Real pages vary with paragraphs, dialogue and chapter breaks.
How many words fit on a page
A page of 12 pt Times New Roman on US Letter or A4 with one-inch margins holds about 500 words single spaced and about 250 double spaced. That is why 1,000 words is about two pages single spaced and four double spaced.
Wider fonts fit fewer words: Arial and Georgia hold about a tenth less than Times New Roman, Courier New about a fifth less. A smaller size fits more, since both the letters and the lines get smaller: 11 pt holds about a fifth more than 12 pt.
Manuscript pages and book pages
Agents and publishers still count a manuscript in double-spaced pages of about 250 words, so a 90,000-word novel is about 360 manuscript pages. Printed, the same novel is shorter: a 6 x 9 in paperback page holds about 300 words, so it comes to about 300 pages, and about 360 at 5 x 8 in.
Dialogue, short paragraphs and chapters that start on a new page all leave white space, so a novel with a lot of dialogue fills more pages than a dense one with the same word count.
Questions about Words to Pages Calculator
How many pages is 1,000 words?
About 2 pages single spaced and 4 pages double spaced, in 12 pt Times New Roman with one-inch margins. Printed in a 6 x 9 in paperback it is about 3.3 pages.
How many words is a page?
About 500 words single spaced and 250 double spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman. A page of a typical 6 x 9 in paperback holds about 300 words.
How many pages is a 50,000 word novel?
About 100 pages single spaced, 200 pages double spaced and about 170 pages in a 6 x 9 in paperback.
Why does my word processor show a different number of pages?
Margins, headers, paragraph spacing, short dialogue lines and chapter breaks all change the count. The calculator uses full pages of running text; use the custom words per page if you know your own layout.
How long is a 300 page book in words?
A 300 page 6 x 9 in paperback holds about 90,000 words; in double-spaced manuscript pages, 300 pages is about 75,000 words.
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