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How many words is 1,000 tokens?

Answer
737 English words (GPT-5.6)

1,000 tokens is about 737 words of English on GPT-5.6, or 1 pages of 500 words. On Claude 5.x models, which produce more tokens for the same text, it's about 509 words.

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By tokenizer (English)

TokenizerWordsPages
GPT-5.67371
Claude 5.x5091
Claude Haiku 4.56671

By language (GPT-5.6)

LanguageWords
Portuguese600
Spanish627
English737
Code (words ≈ terms)550

Estimates from average characters per token. Real counts vary with vocabulary: technical text, names and numbers produce more tokens.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do other languages give fewer words?

Tokenizers were trained on more English text, so words in other languages get split into more pieces.

How do I get the exact number?

The APIs return the real count in the usage field of every response; the token counter estimates it before you send.

Estimate based on public prices as of October 2026. Token counts vary with the text and the model; check the official pricing page before you decide.