That's why it's important to convert it to a word count or page count to better get an idea of how long it is. Thanks for using our tool!įor most people, it's hard to picture how long something is just by looking at the character count. If this happens, simply delete what you typed and try again making sure to type only numbers this time. If you type anything in the box above that is not a number, for example a letter or symbol, you will receive a response that says 'Invalid number'. The last number in the range (200 words) is achieved by dividing 1000 by 5. The first number in the range (154 words) is achieved by dividing 1000 by 6.5.

Our estimator tool will divide your number of characters by 6.5 to get the first number in the range and divide your number of characters by 5 to get the ending number in the range.įor example, if you type in 1000 characters above, you will get an estimated range of 154 to 200 words.

How the estimate is calculatedĪs mentioned earlier, most text contains between 5 and 6.5 characters per word. You would then divide the total characters by 4 to get a lower range and divide the total characters by 5.5 to get the upper range.

For example, instead of an average range of 5 to 6.5 characters per word, the range without spaces would be 4 to 5.5 characters per word. To get an estimate without spaces simply subtract 1 from the estimation. Keep in mind that the estimate it gives includes spaces. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone averages 5.55 characters per word.Ī typical New York Times article averages 6.05 characters per word. On average, text contains between 5 and 6.5 characters per word including spaces and punctuation.įor example, The Great Gatsby averages 5.44 characters per word. Keep in mind that this characters per page calculator will calculate the pages based on text typed with a double spaced Times New Roman 12 point font. This will give you a range of the estimated number of pages. We also have a characters to pages converter on the far right. Do you need a characters to pages converter? Our characters to words converter will automatically update to give you a range of two numbers, a low estimate of words and a high estimate.

Simply type the number of characters into the box that says 'Enter Number' below the 'Characters' box. How to use our characters to words calculator

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