Question 1

How many words is a page?

Accepted Answer

A typical letter-size page holds about 500 words single-spaced or 250 words double-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman and one-inch margins. So a 1,000-word essay runs about 2 pages single-spaced or 4 pages double-spaced. Font, margins and paragraph breaks all shift the number, which is why teachers usually assign word counts rather than pages.

Question 2

How long does it take to read 1,000 words?

Accepted Answer

At an average adult silent-reading speed of about 238 words per minute, 1,000 words takes roughly 4 minutes 12 seconds. Read aloud at a presentation pace of about 130 words per minute, the same text takes closer to 7 minutes 40 seconds. Dense technical material reads slower; light fiction reads faster.

Question 3

Do numbers count as words?

Accepted Answer

Yes — this counter, like Microsoft Word and Google Docs, counts any character sequence separated by spaces as one word. So "2026" is one word, and "COVID-19" is one word because it contains no space. Hyphenated compounds like "well-known" also count as a single word.

Question 4

Does this word counter match Microsoft Word and Google Docs?

Accepted Answer

For normal prose the counts match, because all three split text on whitespace. Tiny differences can appear around unusual punctuation, em dashes without spaces, or pasted content with hidden characters — but for essays, articles and social posts the numbers are the same.

Question 5

What is keyword density and what should it be?

Accepted Answer

Keyword density is how often a word appears relative to the total word count. The list under the counter shows your five most frequent meaningful words (common filler words like "the" and "and" are excluded). For SEO writing there is no magic number — most naturally written pages land around 0.5–2% for the main topic word. If one word climbs far above that, the text usually reads as repetitive.

Question 6

Is my text stored anywhere?

Accepted Answer

No. Everything is counted in your browser as you type — nothing you paste is uploaded, saved or sent to a server.

Where	Typical limit	Unit
Twitter / X post	280	characters
Instagram caption	2,200	characters
SMS text message	160	characters per segment
Meta description (SEO)	~160	characters displayed
College application essay (Common App)	250–650	words
IELTS Writing Task 2	250+	words minimum

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