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How many pages is 10,000 words?
10,000 words is 20 pages single-spaced or 40 pages double-spaced. It takes about 42 minutes to read and more than an hour to say out loud.
Work it out
pages, single-spaced, Arial 12 pt, about 500 words a page
- Handwritten pages
- 40
- Reading time
- 42 min
- Speaking time
- 1 hr 6 min–1 hr 16 min
- Typing time
- 4 hr 10 min
- Paragraphs
- 50–100
- Sentences
- 500–667
- Characters with spaces
- about 60,000
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Open the word counter10,000 words in pages
| Font, 12 pt | Single-spaced | 1.5 spacing | Double-spaced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arial | 20 | 30 | 40 |
| Calibri | 19.6 | 29.4 | 39.2 |
| Times New Roman | 18.2 | 27.2 | 36.4 |
| Courier New | 27 | 40.5 | 54.1 |
How long 10,000 words takes
| Activity | Time |
|---|---|
| Reading non-fiction (238 words a minute) | 42 min |
| Reading fiction (260 words a minute) | 38 min |
| Speaking at 130 words a minute | 1 hr 16 min |
| Speaking at 150 words a minute | 1 hr 6 min |
| Typing at 40 words a minute | 4 hr 10 min |
Estimates for US Letter or A4 with 1-inch (2.54 cm) margins and ordinary paragraphs; reading at 238 words a minute, speaking at 130 to 150.
What 10,000 words is
A typical undergraduate dissertation in the UK (often 8,000 to 12,000 words), a long research report, a novelette in fiction, or a few chapters of a book. It is the length where structure stops being optional: chapters, headings and a contents page.
A dissertation plan
| Chapter | Share | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | 10% | 1,000 |
| Literature review | 25–30% | 2,500–3,000 |
| Method | 10–15% | 1,000–1,500 |
| Results and discussion | 35–40% | 3,500–4,000 |
| Conclusion | 10% | 1,000 |
Shares vary by subject: a humanities dissertation may have no separate method chapter. Your department’s handbook says what counts toward the limit.
Questions and answers
How many pages is 10,000 words?
20 pages single-spaced or 40 double-spaced in a 12-point font like Arial; about 36.4 double-spaced pages in Times New Roman.
How long does it take to read 10,000 words?
About 42 minutes.
How long does it take to write 10,000 words?
The typing is about 250 minutes, roughly four hours. A researched dissertation of this length usually takes months.