1000 WORDS → TOKENS

How many tokens is 1000 words?

1,000 words of English text is about 1,333 tokens, using the standard ratio of roughly 1.33 tokens per word. Expect more for code, JSON, or non-English text.

QUICK CONVERTER

≈ Words

1,000

≈ Tokens

1,330

Estimates use ~1.33 tokens per English word. For an exact count of real text — including code, JSON, and other languages — paste it into the token counter and choose your model.

The detail

The quick answer: 1,000 English words is approximately 1,333 tokens. The reverse also helps — 1,000 tokens is about 750 words — so a 1,000-word article comfortably fits in even small context windows but is worth counting for cost.

At current API prices, 1,333 input tokens costs a fraction of a cent on most models, but multiplied across thousands of requests it becomes a real line item. The cost calculator on the homepage projects monthly spend from a single prompt.

If your 1,000 words include code blocks, tables, or heavy punctuation, the token count climbs — often to 1,500 or more — because those characters tokenize less efficiently than prose. Count the real text for budgeting.

Word counts to tokens

Word ~Words ~Tokens
250 words 250 333
500 words 500 665
750 words 750 998
1,000 words 1,000 1,330
2,000 words 2,000 2,660
5,000 words 5,000 6,650

FAQ

How many tokens is 1000 words? — FAQ

How many tokens is 1000 words exactly?

About 1,333 tokens for English prose. The exact number depends on the tokenizer and the specific words; paste the text into the counter for a precise figure.

How many words is 1000 tokens?

Roughly 750 English words — the inverse of the 1.33 tokens-per-word ratio.