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Read-Aloud Time Calculator
Paste a passage to get its reading time for adults (150 words per minute), plus word, sentence and paragraph counts and Flesch–Kincaid readability — handy for planning lessons, assignments and timed reading. Runs entirely in your browser.
Read-Aloud Time calculator
Fairly easy (≈ grade 7)
| Reader | Silent | Aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Adults | 27 sec | 36 sec |
| High school (grades 9–12) | 23 sec | 36 sec |
| 8th grade | 26 sec | 36 sec |
| 7th grade | 28 sec | 36 sec |
| 6th grade | 29 sec | 37 sec |
| 5th grade | 31 sec | 37 sec |
| 4th grade | 34 sec | 41 sec |
| 3rd grade | 39 sec | 48 sec |
| 2nd grade | 47 sec | 54 sec |
| 1st grade | 1 min 8 sec | 1 min 30 sec |
| Speech / presentation | — | 42 sec |
How the time is estimated
Time = words ÷ words per minute. Oral reading fluency: Hasbrouck & Tindal (2017) spring 50th-percentile words correct per minute for grades 1–6; grades 7–8 from the 2006 norms; adults and teens ~150 wpm. You can type your own words-per-minute figure for a specific class or reader.
Readability scores
Flesch Reading Ease (0–100, higher = easier) and the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level estimate how hard the text is from sentence length and syllables per word. Use them alongside your own judgement of vocabulary and background knowledge.
Read-Aloud Time at 150 words per minute
| Words | Time |
|---|---|
| 500 | 3 min 20 sec |
| 1,000 | 6 min 40 sec |
| 1,500 | 10 min |
| 2,000 | 13 min 20 sec |
| 3,000 | 20 min |
| 5,000 | 33 min 20 sec |