# How Many Words per Page?

> A standard page holds about 500 words single-spaced or 250 words double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman and one-inch margins. Change the font, spacing or margins and those numbers move.

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**Short answer:** About 500 words per single-spaced page and 250 per double-spaced page in 12 pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins. Books average 250 to 350 words per page.

## Words per page by layout

| Font and layout | Single-spaced | Double-spaced |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Times New Roman 12 pt | ≈ 500 | ≈ 250 |
| Arial 12 pt | ≈ 450 | ≈ 225 |
| Calibri 11 pt | ≈ 550 | ≈ 275 |
| Courier New 12 pt (manuscript) | ≈ 400 | ≈ 200 |
| Times New Roman 14 pt | ≈ 380 | ≈ 190 |

Figures other than the first row are approximations based on typical character widths; real pages vary with margins, headings and paragraph spacing. Always format the document and look at the actual page count if the requirement is strict.

## Quick conversion table

| Pages | Single-spaced words | Double-spaced words |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 500 | 250 |
| 2 | 1,000 | 500 |
| 3 | 1,500 | 750 |
| 5 | 2,500 | 1,250 |
| 10 | 5,000 | 2,500 |
| 20 | 10,000 | 5,000 |

Convert any number with the [Pages to Words Converter](https://wordcounter.pk/pages-to-words/) and [Words to Pages Converter](https://wordcounter.pk/words-to-pages/) converters, which let you select the layout, or paste text into the [Page Counter](https://wordcounter.pk/page-counter/).

## Why page counts vary

A page is determined by line spacing, font, margins, paragraph breaks, headings, bullet lists, tables and images. A page of dense paragraphs may hold 550 words; a page of short paragraphs and headings 350. Double spacing doubles the number of lines but, because of the extra leading, holds slightly more than half the single-spaced words. Large title blocks and block quotes reduce capacity further.

## Words per page in books

Printed books vary. A paperback novel typically has 250 to 350 words per page, a mass-market paperback often around 300 and a large-print edition perhaps 150 to 200. A typical 80,000-word novel therefore runs 250 to 330 printed pages. Manuscript pages in the traditional submission format, double-spaced Courier or Times with generous margins, standardise to roughly 250 words per page.

## Examples

A 1,000-word essay is about two pages single-spaced or four double-spaced. A 1,500-word assignment is three single-spaced or six double-spaced. For more detail on a common case, see [How Long Is 500 Words?](https://wordcounter.pk/guides/how-long-is-500-words/), and for essays, [How Many Words in an Essay?](https://wordcounter.pk/guides/how-many-words-in-an-essay/).

## Frequently asked questions

### How many words is a double-spaced page?

About 250 in 12 pt Times New Roman.

### How many words is a single-spaced page?

About 500.

### How many words on a book page?

About 250 to 350.

### Why does my page count differ?

Fonts, margins, headings and images change what fits.

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