Writing 10,000 words will take about 4.2 hours for the average writer typing on a keyboard and 8.3 hours for handwriting. However, if the content needs to include in-depth research, links, citations, or graphics such as for a blog article or high school essay, the length can grow to 33.3 hours.
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Typical documents that are 10,000 words include college dissertations, theses, and in-depth blog posts and journal articles.
You may write faster or slower than this depending on your average writing speed. Adults typically type at about 40 words per minute when writing for enjoyment and 5 words per minute for in-depth essays or articles. They can handwrite at 20 words per minute. College students typically need to be able to write at 60-70 words per minute in order to quickly write essays.
Writing Time by Word Counts
The table below will tell you how long it will take to write typical word counts. If you want to know how long writing an essay or book will take, check out the table below:
| Word Count | Slow (5 wpm) | Average (40 wpm) | Fast (60 wpm) |
| 100 words | 20 minutes | 2.5 minutes | 1.7 minutes |
| 125 words | 25 minutes | 3.1 minutes | 2.1 minutes |
| 250 words | 50 minutes | 6.3 minutes | 4.2 minutes |
| 500 words | 100 minutes | 12.5 minutes | 8.3 minutes |
| 600 words | 120 minutes | 15.0 minutes | 10.0 minutes |
| 750 words | 150 minutes | 18.8 minutes | 12.5 minutes |
| 800 words | 160 minutes | 20.0 minutes | 13.3 minutes |
| 1,000 words | 200 minutes | 25.0 minutes | 16.7 minutes |
| 1,500 words | 300 minutes | 37.5 minutes | 25.0 minutes |
| 2,000 words | 400 minutes | 50.0 minutes | 33.3 minutes |
| 2,500 words | 500 minutes | 62.5 minutes | 41.7 minutes |
| 3,000 words | 600 minutes | 75.0 minutes | 50.0 minutes |
| 3,500 words | 700 minutes | 87.5 minutes | 58.3 minutes |
| 4,000 words | 800 minutes | 100.0 minutes | 66.7 minutes |
| 5,000 words | 1,000 minutes | 125.0 minutes | 83.3 minutes |
| 7,500 words | 1,500 minutes | 187.5 minutes | 125.0 minutes |
| 10,000 words | 33.3 hours | 250.0 minutes | 166.7 minutes |
| 20,000 words | 66.7 hours | 8.3 hours | 333.3 minutes |
| 25,000 words | 83.3 hours | 10.4 hours | 416.7 minutes |
| 30,000 words | 100.0 hours | 12.5 hours | 8.3 hours |
| 50,000 words | 166.7 hours | 20.8 hours | 13.9 hours |
| 75,000 words | 250.0 hours | 31.3 hours | 20.8 hours |
| 100,000 words | 333.3 hours | 41.7 hours | 27.8 hours |
Writing Time by Page Counts
The table below will tell you how long it will take to write typical page counts. If you want to know how long writing an essay or book will take, check out the table below:
| Page Count | Slow (5 wpm) | Average (40 wpm) | Fast (60 wpm) |
| 1 pages | 100 minutes | 12.5 minutes | 8.3 minutes |
| 2 pages | 200 minutes | 25.0 minutes | 16.7 minutes |
| 3 pages | 300 minutes | 37.5 minutes | 25.0 minutes |
| 4 pages | 400 minutes | 50.0 minutes | 33.3 minutes |
| 5 pages | 500 minutes | 62.5 minutes | 41.7 minutes |
| 6 pages | 600 minutes | 75.0 minutes | 50.0 minutes |
| 7 pages | 700 minutes | 87.5 minutes | 58.3 minutes |
| 8 pages | 800 minutes | 100.0 minutes | 66.7 minutes |
| 9 pages | 900 minutes | 112.5 minutes | 75.0 minutes |
| 10 pages | 1,000 minutes | 125.0 minutes | 83.3 minutes |
| 25 pages | 41.7 hours | 312.5 minutes | 208.3 minutes |
| 50 pages | 83.3 hours | 10.4 hours | 416.7 minutes |
| 100 pages | 166.7 hours | 20.8 hours | 13.9 hours |
| 250 pages | 416.7 hours | 52.1 hours | 34.7 hours |
| 500 pages | 833.3 hours | 104.2 hours | 69.4 hours |
| 750 pages | 1,250.0 hours | 156.3 hours | 104.2 hours |
| 1,000 pages | 1,666.7 hours | 208.3 hours | 138.9 hours |
