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This template counts the number of words that goes into its first parameter. It serves as a basic word count function in areas where word count is important (such as ...
Word counts can be found with the help of Shubinator's DYK tool or Prosesize gadget (either as a script or on web version), or by copying and pasting the text (not including references) to a word processor or other tool on your computer that can count words.
Word count is commonly used by translators to determine the price of a translation job. Word counts may also be used to calculate measures of readability and to measure typing and reading speeds (usually in words per minute). When converting character counts to words, a measure of 5 or 6 characters to a word is generally used for English. [1]
The upshot is that the 79 million words in fact span the 239,000 bona fide articles, the remaining 22,000 linked articles, and the unknown number of articles without links. As of October 2004, the total word count in the latter two categories was estimated at two million words. Dividing the remaining 77 million words by 239,000 gives a mean ...
The size of the English Wikipedia can be measured in terms of the number of articles, number of words, number of pages, and the size of the database, among other ways. As of 6 January 2025, there are 6,935,864 articles in the English Wikipedia containing over 4.7 billion words (giving a mean of about 690 words per article).
The 609 million words in fact span the 1.3 million bona fide articles, the remaining 100,000 linked articles, and the unknown number of articles without links. A rough estimate of the word count in the latter two categories is ten million words. Dividing the remaining 600 million words by 1.3 million gives a mean article length of about 460 words.
Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should directly contain very few, if any, pages and should mainly contain subcategories.
Agreeing with the spirit of the above "Purpose" section, word counts are used in several other ways: Calculating ad copy, determining the number of pages in a book (or vice-versa the number of words in an existing book), and setting the lower limit for a school homework assignment. There's also an interplay between readability and page word count.