Word Counter

A standard double-spaced page with 12pt Times New Roman or Arial font has approximately 250-300 words. A single-spaced page has about 500 words. Academic papers typically use 300 words per page as the standard. Actual count varies based on font, margins, and spacing.

Reading time is calculated by dividing the total word count by average reading speed. Average adult reading speed is 200-250 words per minute for non-technical content. For example, a 1,000-word article takes about 4-5 minutes to read. Technical content may require slower reading speeds (100-150 wpm).

Flesch Reading Ease is a readability score ranging from 0-100. Higher scores indicate easier readability. 90-100 is very easy (5th grade), 60-70 is standard (8th-9th grade, ideal for most content), 30-50 is difficult (college level), 0-30 is very difficult (professional). The formula considers average sentence length and syllables per word.

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level indicates the US school grade level needed to understand the text. A score of 8 means an 8th-grader could understand it. For general audiences, aim for grade 7-8. News articles typically target grade 6-8. Academic papers may be grade 12+.

It depends on your goals: Short posts (300-600 words) work for quick updates and simple topics. Standard posts (1,000-1,500 words) are good for most content. Long-form posts (2,000-3,000+ words) perform better for SEO and comprehensive guides. Research shows posts of 1,500-2,500 words tend to rank best in search results.

Vocabulary diversity (or lexical diversity) measures the ratio of unique words to total words. A higher ratio indicates more varied vocabulary. For example, if you use 80 unique words out of 100 total words, your vocabulary diversity is 0.80 (or 80%). Academic writing typically has higher diversity than casual content.

At average speaking speed (125-150 words per minute), a 5-minute speech is approximately 625-750 words. A 10-minute speech is 1,250-1,500 words. A 20-minute presentation is 2,500-3,000 words. Slower, deliberate speaking (100 wpm) means fewer words; fast speakers (180 wpm) can cover more.

Stop words are common words that carry little meaning on their own, like "the," "a," "is," "and," "of." They're called stop words because search engines historically "stopped" and ignored them. Content words (non-stop words) carry the actual meaning of your text. Stop words typically make up 25-30% of most text.