Words Per Page Calculator
Turn a word count into an estimated page count for essays, articles, and assignments.
Spacing matters most
Double spacing fills roughly twice as many pages as single spacing for the same number of words.
It's an estimate
Font, margins, paragraph breaks, and headings all shift the real page count a little either way.
How many pages is my word count?
Words to pages, at a glance
A typical page of 12pt Times New Roman or Arial with one-inch margins holds about 500 words single-spaced, or 250 words double-spaced. So a 1,000-word essay is roughly two pages single-spaced and four pages double-spaced. Switching to 11pt fits about 10% more on each page. This calculator applies those standard reference figures so you can see a page estimate the moment you enter a word count.
Enter your word count and pick a font size and line spacing to see the estimated number of pages.
The estimate divides your word count by a standard words-per-page figure for the chosen font size and spacing.
Pages = words ÷ words per pageThe words-per-page figure comes from a long-standing publishing convention: 500 words to a single-spaced 12pt page, 250 to a double-spaced one. An 11pt font raises those to roughly 550 and 275, because smaller type fits more lines and characters on the same page.
Suppose you have written a 1,000-word essay in 12pt, double-spaced.
Pick the words-per-page figure
A double-spaced 12pt page holds about 250 words.
Divide your word count
1,000 ÷ 250 = 4.
Read the page estimate
The essay fills about 4 pages.
The same words fill very different page counts depending on spacing, so read the result against your specific layout. As a quick reference at 12pt: 500 words is about 1 page single-spaced or 2 pages double-spaced; 1,000 words is about 2 single or 4 double; and 2,000 words is about 4 single or 8 double. If your assignment sets a page target rather than a word target, multiply the page count by the words-per-page figure to work backwards — a five-page double-spaced paper is roughly 1,250 words.
The arithmetic is exact, but the inputs are conventions, not guarantees.
Your real page count will vary
This is an estimate based on standard reference values. The true page count depends on your font family, margin width, paragraph spacing, headings, lists, and how many short lines end paragraphs. Dialogue-heavy or list-heavy writing runs longer per word; dense academic prose runs shorter. Use the estimate to plan, then check the real document before submitting against a strict page limit.