Words to minutes

How many minutes is 250 words?

Q: How many minutes is 250 words?

At 150 words per minute, 250 words takes 1 min 40 sec. At 110 WPM (Eulogy) it takes 2 min 16 sec. At 150 WPM (Conversational) it takes 1 min 40 sec. At 155 WPM (Audiobook) it takes 1 min 37 sec. At 165 WPM (Commercial) it takes 1 min 31 sec.

250 words takes 1 min 40 sec to say at a conversational 150 words per minute. The editor below is pre-filled with 250 placeholder words. Replace them with your own script to see its exact time.

Your script

Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for being here today. I want to begin by saying how grateful I am for this opportunity to speak with you. Good morning everyone and thank you for

250 words

Speaking time

1 minutes 40 seconds

at 150 words per minute

Pace

EulogyDeliberate · 110 WPMConversationalYouTube · 150 WPMAudiobookNarration · 155 WPMCommercialFast ad read · 165 WPM

Ad-buy limits

15s TV Spot85 secs over limit
30s Radio Spot70 secs over limit
60s Radio Spot40 secs over limit

250 words at different speaking speeds

Style	Pace	Time
Eulogy (Deliberate)	110 WPM	2 min 16 sec
Conversational (YouTube)	150 WPM	1 min 40 sec
Audiobook (Narration)	155 WPM	1 min 37 sec
Commercial (Fast ad read)	165 WPM	1 min 31 sec

How long is 250 words on the page?

250 words is roughly 0.5 single-spaced pages, or 1double-spaced pages. Reading silently is faster than speaking, so use the speaking times above whenever the words will be said out loud.

Other word counts

Need something else? The full script timer has presets for every pace and ad-spot length.