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How Many Words Per Page? (250, 500, and Double-Spaced Essays)
Typical words-per-page estimates for school essays and why a live word counter beats page guessing.
A double-spaced academic page is often estimated around 250–300 words, but fonts and margins change the real count.
Single-spaced pages can hold roughly twice as many words. Never trust “page count” alone for a word limit.
Teachers who say “3 pages” usually still grade the argument — but if they also give a word range, the word range wins.
Draft in your editor, then paste into a free online word counter for the number that matters.
wordcounter.co.in also estimates pages from words so you can sanity-check both views.