How many pages is 1,000 words?
Four pages. That's with the classic school setup, Times New Roman 12, double spaced, 1-inch margins. Go single spaced and it's two. MLA and APA both take that setup, so it's where this words to pages calculator starts.
Pick another font, though, and the answer moves. Put those 1,000 words in Calibri 11 single spaced and you're at about 1.7 pages, because Calibri crams more onto every line. Until someone tells you font, size and spacing, the honest answer to "how many pages" is "it depends".
People mostly ask about these, double spaced: 500 words is 2 pages, 750 is 3, 1,000 is 4, 2,000 is 8. Halve them for single.
Reference table: words to pages
Rows are word counts. Assumed: US Letter, 1-inch margins, nothing but plain paragraphs.
| Words | Times New Roman 12 | Arial 11 | Calibri 11 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | Double | Single | Double | Single | Double | |
| 250 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 300 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| 400 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 500 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 600 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 750 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 800 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| 1,000 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
| 1,200 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| 1,500 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 |
| 2,000 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 6.7 |
| 2,500 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 4.2 | 8.3 |
| 3,000 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 10.9 | 5.0 | 10.0 |
| 4,000 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 7.3 | 14.5 | 6.7 | 13.3 |
| 5,000 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 8.3 | 16.7 |
| 6,000 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 10.9 | 21.8 | 10.0 | 20.0 |
| 7,500 | 15.0 | 30.0 | 13.6 | 27.3 | 12.5 | 25.0 |
| 10,000 | 20.0 | 40.0 | 18.2 | 36.4 | 16.7 | 33.3 |
Words to pages, measured in a print layout
That first table? Rule of thumb. This one we measured. Test text went into a browser, out as PDF, and we counted what came out. 12 pt and 1-inch margins throughout.
Measured in a browser print layout, not in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. A browser printed these, and Word or Google Docs might break a line one word earlier or later. Good for checking the estimate. Your own file may still differ a little.
US Letter, 12 pt, 1-inch margins
| Words | Times New Roman | Arial | Calibri | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | 1.5 | Double | Single | 1.5 | Double | Single | 1.5 | Double | |
| 250 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 500 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 750 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 1,000 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| 1,500 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 2,000 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 6.1 |
| 2,500 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 7.7 |
| 3,000 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 9.7 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 9.1 |
| 4,000 | 5.8 | 8.6 | 11.6 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 13.1 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 12.3 |
| 5,000 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 14.6 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 16.0 | 7.7 | 11.6 | 15.3 |
A4, 12 pt, 1-inch margins
| Words | Times New Roman | Arial | Calibri | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | 1.5 | Double | Single | 1.5 | Double | Single | 1.5 | Double | |
| 250 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| 500 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| 750 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| 1,000 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| 1,500 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
| 2,000 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
| 2,500 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 7.6 |
| 3,000 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 |
| 4,000 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 11.0 | 6.1 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 12.1 |
| 5,000 | 6.9 | 10.5 | 13.8 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 7.4 | 11.2 | 15.4 |
A value like 2.9 means two full pages and most of a third. To get the decimal, we divided the lines on the last page by the lines a full page holds.
What the measurement shows
- Fewer pages than the estimate, for a start. In Times New Roman, they filled 2.9 pages double spaced and 1.5 single spaced on US Letter, where the calculator says 4 and 2.
- Times New Roman fits the most. At the same 12 pt on US Letter, 5,000 single-spaced words took 9 percent more pages in Arial and 5 percent more in Calibri.
- At 12 pt, Calibri doesn't win. Its lines are taller: 44 to a single-spaced Letter page, against 46 for Times New Roman or Arial.
- A4 usually runs a little shorter. At 5,000 words, Times New Roman and Arial took 3 to 6 percent fewer pages on A4 than on US Letter. Calibri took about 4 percent fewer single spaced, but double spaced it ran a hair longer on A4.
- Spacing scales almost exactly. Double spacing doubled the page count, and 1.5 spacing added about half.
Why lower? Our test words are short, everyday ones, 4.8 letters each on average. Peter Norvig got 4.79 for English book text, so that's normal. Your essay won't be that tidy. Longer words. Headings, quotes, a reference list, a gap after each paragraph. Each one costs words per page. So the calculator stays with the usual 500 for a single-spaced Times New Roman page. Read the measured tables as a best case.
How we measured
- Text. 592 common English words, drawn by a script with a fixed seed. Same words every run. Sentence length anywhere from 8 to 24, paragraphs between 120 and 180.
- Layout. Half-inch first-line indent. No gap between paragraphs. Left aligned, hyphens off.
- Line spacing. "Single" is whatever line height the font file says. For 12 pt: 13.8 pt (Times New Roman, Arial), 14.65 pt (Calibri). Times 1.5 for 1.5 spacing, times 2 for double.
- Fonts. No Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri on our Linux test box. We used Liberation Serif and Liberation Sans and Carlito instead, which copy those fonts' character widths. A line comes out nearly identical.
- Printing. Headless Chromium 153 printed each version to PDF on US Letter and A4 with 1-inch margins. We counted the PDF pages and the text lines on each page. That's 180 PDFs in all, measured on November 4, 2026.
Want one count in depth? Our guide How many pages is 1,000 words? takes it apart, and the links at the foot of this page cover other counts.
Quick answers
How many pages is 500 words? Two, double spaced. The other counts are below. Each line: Times New Roman 12, 1-inch margins. MLA and APA papers go double spaced; cover letters and business letters usually don't.
- 300 words: 1.2 pages double spaced, 0.6 single.
- 400 words: 1.6 pages double spaced, 0.8 single.
- 500 words: 2.0 pages double spaced, 1.0 single.
- 600 words: 2.4 pages double spaced, 1.2 single.
- 750 words: 3.0 pages double spaced, 1.5 single.
- 800 words: 3.2 pages double spaced, 1.6 single.
- 1,000 words: 4.0 pages double spaced, 2.0 single.
- 1,200 words: 4.8 pages double spaced, 2.4 single.
- 1,500 words: 6.0 pages double spaced, 3.0 single.
- 2,000 words: 8.0 pages double spaced, 4.0 single.
- 2,500 words: 10.0 pages double spaced, 5.0 single.
- 3,000 words: 12.0 pages double spaced, 6.0 single.
- 5,000 words: 20.0 pages double spaced, 10.0 single.
Reference table: pages to words
Working backward from a page count? These assume double spacing in Times New Roman 12:
- 1 page: about 250 words
- 2 pages: about 500 words
- 3 pages: about 750 words
- 5 pages: about 1,250 words
- 10 pages: about 2,500 words
- 20 pages: about 5,000 words
Where the numbers come from
Every font has a starting number: a single-spaced US Letter page, 1-inch margins, its usual size, and how many words go on it. Ours are 500 (Times New Roman 12), 550 (Arial 11), 600 (Calibri 11), 400 (Verdana 12). Three settings push it up or down.
- Font size. Make letters bigger and they get wider and taller at once, so words per page fall quicker than size rises. Hence the square of the point size in our maths. Times New Roman 11 single spaced comes to about 595 a page; at 14 it's about 367.
- Line spacing. Just divide. Times New Roman holds about 333 at 1.5 and 250 double.
- Margins. Narrower means more room. Half-inch margins take about 641 single-spaced Times words, 28 percent up on the default. 1.5-inch margins? About 376, a quarter fewer or so.
For reading time we use 238 words a minute, the average silent speed for adults reading English nonfiction in Brysbaert's 2019 review of reading-rate studies. For speaking, 130 a minute. Steady, the way you'd give a talk. That's slower than reading aloud, which the same review puts at 183. It's also a little under the 140 that Baruch College's speaking-rate guide suggests for clear speech. Writing a speech? Pauses need room in the script too. Our guide on how many words a 5-minute speech needs goes into it.
Worked example: one assignment, four fonts
Suppose the brief is 5 pages, double spaced, 1-inch margins, font up to you. Flip to pages-to-words, enter 5, then:
- Verdana 12: about 1,000 words
- Times New Roman 12: about 1,250 words
- Arial 11: about 1,375 words
- Calibri 11: about 1,500 words
Five pages either way, yet Calibri 11 takes half as many words again as Verdana 12. Did your instructor say which font and size? Set those first. Given a word count as well? That's the one they grade.
What else changes the page count
Font, size and spacing matter most. A few other things still shift the result.
- Space after paragraphs. Word's Normal style quietly adds 8 pt after each. Write in short paragraphs and you lose several lines a page to it. APA papers shouldn't have it at all. Turn it off.
- Headings, block quotes, lists. Big on the page, light on words.
- Paper size. The calculator assumes US Letter. An A4 page with 1-inch margins has about 4 percent more room for text, so the same document comes out a little shorter on A4.
- Title page and references. They lengthen the file. Do they count? Some instructors say yes, some no. The assignment sheet should tell you.
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FAQ
How many pages is 1,000 words?
Double spaced, 4. Single, 2. That's Times New Roman 12 with 1-inch margins; Calibri 11 single spaced fits it on about 1.7. Enter your own settings above to check yours.
How many pages is 1,500 words?
6 double spaced, 3 single (Times New Roman 12, 1-inch margins). About 4.5 at 1.5 spacing. Headings, quotes and references push it up, so keep some slack under a page cap.
How many words is one page?
500 single spaced or 250 double, give or take, in Times New Roman 12 with 1-inch margins. Calibri 11 manages about 600 single spaced; Arial 11 about 550. Half-inch margins add roughly 28 percent. Your exact settings? Pages-to-words mode, above.
How many words is a 5-page paper?
Roughly 1,250 double spaced in Times New Roman 12, 1-inch margins. Arial 11, about 1,375. Calibri 11, about 1,500; both fit more on a line. Single spaced, double it.
How long does it take to read or say 1,000 words?
Silently, at 238 a minute, just over 4 minutes. As a talk at 130 a minute, just under 8. Read aloud at 183, about five and a half. The calculator rounds up, so 1,000 words shows as 5 min and 8 min.
Why does Word show a different page count?
Your actual document isn't just plain paragraphs. Headings, block quotes, tables, figures, references, and Word's 8 pt gap after each paragraph all take space and add no words. Any converter gives an estimate. Check the page count in your own file before you submit.
Common word counts
Each link opens the answer for that count, with silent reading and read-aloud times and a table of fonts and spacing: