A words to pages calculator for books that converts your word count at a real trim size and font.
Type your word count, and see it as book pages in 10 fonts and 6 trim sizes.
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What you type or upload stays in this browser. Page counts come from each font's own letter widths, and from line breaks measured on 24 public domain books.
This free words to pages calculator turns your word count into printed book pages.
It lays your words out at a real trim size and font, not a fixed number of words per page. Then it shows the same words in 10 fonts and 6 trim sizes.
Here's how many pages common word counts make, and why the answer depends on your book's design.
What is a words to pages calculator?
A words to pages calculator converts a word count into the pages it fills.
For a book, that depends on the trim size, the font, the size and the margins. A document at 12 pt, double-spaced, is a different page again.
How many pages is 50,000 words?
Here's how many pages common word counts make at 11 pt, 1.3 line height and comfortable margins:
| Words | 6" × 9", EB Garamond | 6" × 9", Libre Baskerville | 5.5" × 8.5", EB Garamond | 5" × 8", EB Garamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30,000 | 82 | 104 | 94 | 114 |
| 50,000 | 132 | 168 | 152 | 184 |
| 60,000 | 156 | 200 | 182 | 220 |
| 70,000 | 182 | 234 | 210 | 256 |
| 80,000 | 206 | 266 | 240 | 292 |
| 90,000 | 232 | 298 | 268 | 326 |
| 100,000 | 256 | 330 | 298 | 362 |
| 120,000 | 306 | 394 | 356 | 434 |
So 50,000 words is anywhere from 132 to 184 pages, depending on the design. Each count includes 6 pages of front and back matter, and a new page for each chapter.
What changes the page count
Here's what moves it, from most to least:
- Trim size. A 5" × 8" book takes about 40% more pages than a 6" × 9" one.
- Font. Libre Baskerville takes about 28% more pages than EB Garamond.
- Size. EB Garamond fits 532 words a page at 10 pt and 369 at 12 pt.
- Paragraphs and chapters. Dialog and short paragraphs leave more half-empty lines.
The calculator shows each of these for your own word count.
How to use the words to pages calculator
For spine width, printing cost and margins, the book page count calculator takes the same words further.
Words to Pages Calculator FAQs
Questions about words and pages? Here's what to know.
A words to pages calculator converts a word count into the pages it fills.
For a printed book, the answer depends on the trim size, the font, the size and the margins.
50,000 words is about 132 pages at 6" × 9" in EB Garamond at 11 pt, and about 184 pages at 5" × 8".
The words to pages calculator gives the count for your own trim and font.
80,000 words is about 206 pages at 6" × 9" in EB Garamond at 11 pt, and about 266 pages in Libre Baskerville at the same size.
100,000 words is about 256 pages at 6" × 9" in EB Garamond at 11 pt, and about 362 pages at 5" × 8".
A book page holds about 330 to 440 words at 6" × 9" and 11 pt, depending on the font.
Smaller trims and bigger sizes hold fewer.
Yes, the words to pages calculator is free, with no sign-up.
The math runs on your device.
The words to pages calculator is for authors planning a print book, and writers who need to know how long their word count will be in print.
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