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Paste text. Word count uses whitespace tokens. Silent reading uses 238 words per minute (Brysbaert 2019); speaking uses 160.
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Why 238 wpm instead of 200?+
Two hundred is a round blog default. Meta-analysis of silent reading in adults lands near 238 wpm. We would rather be slightly fast than invent a slower number.