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How Many Pages Is 15,000 Words Double-Spaced?

15,000 words double-spaced is approximately 60 pages using 12pt Times New Roman with 1-inch margins on letter-size paper.

Page Count by Font and Spacing for 15,000 Words

FontSingle1.151.5Double
Arial33.338.55066.7
Times New Roman3034.544.860
Calibri31.936.647.663.8
Courier New42.95065.285.7
Verdana39.545.558.878.9
Georgia31.936.647.663.8
Helvetica33.338.55066.7
Garamond28.833.343.557.7
Palatino32.637.549.265.2
Tahoma35.741.153.671.4
Trebuchet MS34.94052.669.8
Century Gothic41.147.661.283.3
Book Antiqua32.33748.463.8
Comic Sans MS39.545.558.878.9

*Based on 12pt font, letter-size paper, 1-inch margins

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Preview — Times New Roman, 12pt, double spacing

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. How vexingly quick daft zebras jump.

Estimated Pages

60.000

60 pages when printed

Words Per Page

250

for this formatting

Reading Time

63 min

at 238 wpm

Paragraphs

150

~100 words each

Sentences

1000

~15 words each

Double-Spaced Page Count for 15,000 Words

With double spacing, 15,000 words covers about 60 pages in 12pt Times New Roman. For comparison, the same word count single-spaced runs 30 pages—spacing alone roughly halves the page count. Font choice and margins still affect the final number by 10–20% in either direction.

When You'd Need 15,000 Words Double-Spaced

Writers and students encounter this length in a variety of situations. Documents at this length and spacing typically function as a short novella or a master's dissertation. Double spacing is the academic and editorial default — used by APA, MLA, and most publishers for manuscript submissions.

Why Spacing Changes the Math So Much

Line spacing is the single biggest lever on page count after word count itself. Double spacing inserts a full blank line between every line of text, effectively halving how much fits on a page. That's why academic papers feel longer than they read — the spacing is doing visual work. If you need a specific page count for a submission, spacing is the first setting to verify.

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