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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]
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Word count What to do > 15,000 words: Almost certainly should be divided or trimmed. > 9,000 words: Probably should be divided or trimmed, though the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material. > 8,000 words: May need to be divided or trimmed; likelihood goes up with size. < 6,000 words
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 Arbitration Committee statements, etc.)
This wiki template is to ease the use of text counting within Word Association Game. {{Wikipedia:Department of Fun/Word Count}} produces the following text: Word count is / as of word: . The parameters must be set, otherwise it produces a dull text.
The word "page" comes from the Latin term pagina, which means, "a written page, leaf, sheet", [2] which in turn comes from an earlier meaning "to create a row of vines that form a rectangle". [3] The Latin word pagina derives from the verb pangere , which means to stake out boundaries when planting vineyards.
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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 8 February 2025, there are 6,951,648 articles in the English Wikipedia containing over 4.8 billion words (giving a mean of about 692 words per article).