Pages to Words Converter
Convert pages to words — how many words is 5 pages? — for any font, size and line spacing.
What is Pages ↔ Words?
A page holds a number of words that depends entirely on how it is set: font, point size and line spacing decide the words per page, and the differences are large. A double-spaced 12 pt Times New Roman page holds about 275 words, the same page single-spaced holds about 500, and the widely quoted 250 figure is the round-number convention used by word processors rather than a measurement. Converting between the two is therefore not a single number but a table, and knowing which row you are on is the whole answer.
How it works
The words-per-page table is anchored on the reference row — 275 words for a double-spaced 12 pt Times page — and every other cell is derived from it. Arial sets about 10% wider than Times at the same nominal size, so it holds correspondingly fewer words, and a change of point size scales the words that fit by the square of the ratio, because type that is 11/12 as tall also sets 11/12 as wide. The quick-answer table applies the current settings to the page counts people ask about most often, and the derivation is printed under the controls so the estimate can be checked rather than trusted.
- Enter your input. Type or paste your input into the field above — the tool responds instantly.
- Review the result. Output updates live as you type. Everything runs entirely in your browser.
- Copy or download. Use the Copy button to grab the result, or Download to save it as a file.
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