# Words to Pages Calculator > In Microsoft Word, a page of 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins holds about 500 words single-spaced or 250 words double-spaced. Enter your word count to estimate the pages, or check the exact number in Word's Word Count dialog. > > **Canonical URL:** https://wordwordcount.com/words-to-pages > **Tool Access:** Interactive words to pages calculator (single, 1.5, and double spacing) on the page. --- ## Words to Pages Calculator Pages = words รท words per page. At 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins: about 500 words per single-spaced page, 333 per 1.5-spaced page, and 250 per double-spaced page. --- ## Words per Page by Font and Spacing | Font | Single-spaced | 1.5-spaced | Double-spaced | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Times New Roman 12 pt | 500 | 333 | 250 | | Arial 12 pt | 460 | 305 | 230 | | Calibri 11 pt | 560 | 373 | 280 | | Calibri 12 pt | 470 | 314 | 236 | | Cambria 12 pt | 490 | 326 | 245 | | Courier New 12 pt | 345 | 230 | 172 | | Times New Roman 11 pt | 600 | 400 | 300 | | Arial 11 pt | 545 | 362 | 272 | Method: about 4,000 words of essay prose typeset in fonts metric-compatible with each Word font (Liberation Serif, Liberation Sans, Carlito, Caladea, Liberation Mono) on a 6.5 x 9 inch text area with Word's single line height; a packed page of 12 pt Times New Roman held 625 words single-spaced. Figures are the packed page less 20% for titles, headings and paragraph breaks. --- ## Word Count to Pages Chart | Words | Single-spaced | Double-spaced | Handwritten | Reading time | Typically | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 250 | 0.5 pages | 1 page | 1 to 1.3 pages | 1 minute | Short answer, abstract (APA limit), Common App minimum | | 300 | 0.6 pages | 1.2 pages | 1.2 to 1.5 pages | 1 minute | Short-answer and supplemental essay prompts | | 350 | 0.7 pages | 1.4 pages | 1.4 to 1.8 pages | 2 minutes | UC Personal Insight Question limit | | 500 | 1 page | 2 pages | 2 to 2.5 pages | 2 minutes | Classic five-paragraph essay; one full single-spaced page | | 650 | 1.3 pages | 2.6 pages | 2.6 to 3.3 pages | 3 minutes | Common App personal essay limit | | 750 | 1.5 pages | 3 pages | 3 to 3.8 pages | 3 minutes | A "three-page" double-spaced assignment | | 800 | 1.6 pages | 3.2 pages | 3.2 to 4 pages | 4 minutes | Upper end of most newspaper op-ed limits | | 1,000 | 2 pages | 4 pages | 4 to 5 pages | 4 minutes | Most common mid-length essay; in-depth blog post | | 1,200 | 2.4 pages | 4.8 pages | 4.8 to 6 pages | 5 minutes | Long blog post or short report | | 1,500 | 3 pages | 6 pages | 6 to 7.5 pages | 7 minutes | A "six-page paper" double-spaced | | 1,750 | 3.5 pages | 7 pages | 7 to 8.8 pages | 8 minutes | Common upper limit for undergraduate essays | | 2,000 | 4 pages | 8 pages | 8 to 10 pages | 9 minutes | Short research paper; long-form article | | 2,500 | 5 pages | 10 pages | 10 to 13 pages | 11 minutes | The "ten-page paper" double-spaced | | 3,000 | 6 pages | 12 pages | 12 to 15 pages | 13 minutes | Undergraduate research or term paper | | 5,000 | 10 pages | 20 pages | 20 to 25 pages | 22 minutes | Long research paper, journal article, short story | | 7,500 | 15 pages | 30 pages | 30 to 38 pages | 33 minutes | Short story becomes a novelette (SFWA) | | 10,000 | 20 pages | 40 pages | 40 to 50 pages | 44 minutes | Master's thesis chapter; novelette | | 20,000 | 40 pages | 80 pages | 80 to 100 pages | 1 hour 29 min | Master's dissertation; novella (17,500+ words, SFWA) | | 50,000 | 100 pages | 200 pages | 200 to 250 pages | 3 hours 42 min | NaNoWriMo goal; a short novel | | 100,000 | 200 pages | 400 pages | 400 to 500 pages | 7 hours 24 min | Full-length novel; upper limit of many PhD theses | 12 pt Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, no extra space between paragraphs. Handwritten at 200 to 250 words per page; reading at 225 words per minute. --- ## Pages to Words Chart | Pages | Single-spaced | 1.5-spaced | Double-spaced | Typically | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1 page | 500 words | 330 words | 250 words | Cover letter, one-page summary | | 2 pages | 1,000 words | 670 words | 500 words | Short response paper or reflection | | 3 pages | 1,500 words | 1,000 words | 750 words | Short essay; four to six paragraphs | | 4 pages | 2,000 words | 1,350 words | 1,000 words | Mid-length essay | | 5 pages | 2,500 words | 1,650 words | 1,250 words | Standard college essay | | 6 pages | 3,000 words | 2,000 words | 1,500 words | Argumentative essay with sources | | 8 pages | 4,000 words | 2,650 words | 2,000 words | Short research paper | | 10 pages | 5,000 words | 3,350 words | 2,500 words | Upper-level college paper | | 12 pages | 6,000 words | 4,000 words | 3,000 words | Term paper | | 15 pages | 7,500 words | 5,000 words | 3,750 words | Long term paper or capstone chapter | | 20 pages | 10,000 words | 6,650 words | 5,000 words | Long research paper or journal manuscript | Body text only, in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. A title page and works cited list usually do not count toward a page requirement. --- ## What Changes the Number of Words per Page - **Font:** wider fonts such as Arial or Courier New fit fewer words per line than Times New Roman. - **Font size:** 11 pt fits more words than 12 pt; 14 pt fits noticeably fewer. - **Margins:** wider margins leave less room for text on each page. - **Spacing:** line spacing and the space Word adds before or after paragraphs both add length. - **Layout:** headings, lists, block quotes, tables, and short lines of dialogue leave white space on the page. Word's default style is not 12 pt Times New Roman, so set the font and spacing your instructions require before you compare page counts. --- ## How to Check the Exact Page Count in Word 1. Apply the required font, size, margins, and line spacing to the whole document. 2. Press `Ctrl+Shift+G` (Mac: `Cmd+Shift+G`) to open Word Count. 3. Read **Pages** at the top of the dialog, next to the word count. More ways to open the dialog are in the guide to checking word count in Word (https://wordwordcount.com/how-to-check-word-count-in-word). The online word counter (https://wordwordcount.com) and the batch word counter (https://wordwordcount.com/batch-word-counter) estimate pages at 250 words per double-spaced page. --- ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How many pages is 1,000 words? About 2 pages single-spaced or 4 pages double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. In 12 pt Arial it is about 2.2 pages single-spaced or 4.3 pages double-spaced. ### How many pages is 500 words? About 1 page single-spaced or 2 pages double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. In 12 pt Arial it is about 1.1 pages single-spaced or 2.2 pages double-spaced. ### How many pages is 1,500 words? About 3 pages single-spaced or 6 pages double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. In 12 pt Arial it is about 3.3 pages single-spaced or 6.5 pages double-spaced. ### How many pages is 2,000 words? About 4 pages single-spaced or 8 pages double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. In 12 pt Arial it is about 4.3 pages single-spaced or 8.7 pages double-spaced. ### How many words is one page? About 500 words single-spaced or 250 double-spaced in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins; 460 and 230 in 12 pt Arial; 560 and 280 in 11 pt Calibri. Headings, short paragraphs and extra paragraph spacing put fewer words on a page. ### How many words is 3 pages double-spaced? About 750 words in 12 pt Times New Roman, 690 in 12 pt Arial, and 840 in 11 pt Calibri, with 1-inch margins. Single-spaced, double those numbers. ### How many words is 5 pages double-spaced? About 1,250 words in 12 pt Times New Roman, 1,150 in 12 pt Arial, and 1,400 in 11 pt Calibri, with 1-inch margins. Single-spaced, double those numbers. ### How many handwritten pages is 1,000 words? About 4 to 5 pages on lined paper, at 200 to 250 words per page. Large or widely spaced handwriting fills more pages. ### How do I see the exact page count in Word or Google Docs? Set the font, size, margins, and spacing your instructions require. In Microsoft Word press Ctrl + Shift + G (Cmd + Shift + G on Mac); the Word Count dialog shows pages along with words. In Google Docs press Ctrl + Shift + C (Cmd + Shift + C on Mac). --- ## Don't Know Your Word Count Yet? Drop a .docx or .doc file into Word Word Count (https://wordwordcount.com) for a Word-compatible count, then check what counts toward your limit (https://wordwordcount.com/what-counts-toward-word-count).