Word count to page count at every spacing convention
| Word Count | Pages, Double-Spaced (275 wpp) | Pages, Single-Spaced (550 wpp) |
|---|---|---|
| 250 words | 0.9 (1 page) | 0.5 (1 page) |
| 500 words | 1.8 (2 pages) | 0.9 (1 page) |
| 750 words | 2.7 (3 pages) | 1.4 (2 pages) |
| 1,000 words | 3.6 (4 pages) | 1.8 (2 pages) |
| 1,500 words | 5.5 (6 pages) | 2.7 (3 pages) |
| 2,000 words | 7.3 (8 pages) | 3.6 (4 pages) |
| 2,500 words | 9.1 (10 pages) | 4.5 (5 pages) |
| 3,000 words | 10.9 (11 pages) | 5.5 (6 pages) |
| 4,000 words | 14.5 (15 pages) | 7.3 (8 pages) |
| 5,000 words | 18.2 (19 pages) | 9.1 (10 pages) |
Conventions: 12-point type, 1-inch margins, US Letter paper. Headings, block quotes, and citations eat space, so real papers run a touch longer than these numbers.
| Type Setting | Approx. Words per Single-Spaced Page |
|---|---|
| Verdana 12 pt (wide face) | ~450 |
| Times New Roman 12 pt (narrow face) | ~500 |
| Arial 12 pt (the convention baseline) | ~550 |
| Any face at 14 pt | ~400 |
| Any face at 10 pt | ~650 |
Approximate figures; paragraph breaks and headings swing any page by 10-15%. Spacing beats everything: double-spacing halves capacity at every type size.
Page count isn't a property of words; it's a property of words plus a layout. The calculator applies standard words-per-page densities to your count and shows both the exact decimal and the practical rounded-up figure, since a "7.3-page" paper still physically ends on page 8.
Double-spaced, 12-point type with 1-inch margins holds about 275 words a page, which is the number most converters and essay services use. Single-spaced doubles it to 550. One-and-a-half spacing lands between at roughly 410, and college-ruled handwritten pages hold about 175 words. All four are built in, plus a custom field if your template differs.
Type your word count, pick the format, and read the answer. The sentence, paragraph, and read-aloud estimates (18 words per sentence, 100 per paragraph, 140 words per minute aloud) help you sanity-check pacing: a 2,000-word essay is roughly 111 sentences, 20 paragraphs, and 14 minutes of read-aloud.
Take a 2,000-word essay due double-spaced. At 275 words per page: 2,000 ÷ 275 = 7.27, so the text runs onto an 8th page. Single-spaced at 550: 2,000 ÷ 550 = 3.64, call it 4 pages. At 1.5 spacing the same essay runs 2,000 ÷ 410 = 4.88, so 5 pages, and handwritten at 175 words per page it sprawls across 2,000 ÷ 175 = 11.4, meaning 12 sheets of paper.
Flip it around when a professor sets a page minimum: five double-spaced pages × 275 = 1,375 words to aim for, 2,050 words at 1.5 spacing, or 2,750 single-spaced. The multiplication is trivial but rarely done, which is how people end up writing 2,200 words for a 5-page assignment.
About 7.3 pages double-spaced, which rounds up to 8 pages, or 3.6 pages (rounds to 4) single-spaced, using the standard 275 and 550 words-per-page conventions. At 1.5 spacing it lands near 5 pages, and handwritten on college-ruled paper expect 11-12 pages.
5.5 pages double-spaced (round up to 6) or 2.7 pages single-spaced (rounds to 3). At 1.5 spacing, about 3.7 pages. A typical five-paragraph essay assignment at this length is really asking for 6 double-spaced pages.
Because it's what a double-spaced page holds at 12-point type with 1-inch margins on US Letter paper. Many essay services and publishers round it to 250-300; 275 sits at the middle of that band and is the convention most word-to-page converters use. Single-spaced pages hold double that, about 550 words.
1,375 words double-spaced, 2,050 words at 1.5 spacing, or 2,750 words single-spaced. Professors almost always mean double-spaced when they set page counts, so 1,375 is the number to hit, give or take 10%.
Yes, by 10-20%. A single-spaced page holds roughly 550 words in Arial 12, about 500 in Times New Roman 12 (a narrower face), and only about 450 in Verdana. Bumping to 14-point type drops a page to roughly 400 words; squeezing to 10-point pushes it toward 650. Spacing still matters more than font: double-spacing halves capacity at any type size.
College-ruled notebook paper holds roughly 150-200 words per page, so 1,000 words runs 5-7 handwritten pages; the calculator uses 175 as the midpoint, giving 5.7 (rounds to 6). Hand size and spacing between lines swing this more than any printed convention.