Fact · Typing and writing speed
66.7milliseconds per word
At 900 words per minute, each word would have about 67 milliseconds, roughly a quarter to a third of a typical fixation of 200 to 250 milliseconds.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
- What it measures
- Time available per word when a reader moves through text at 900 words per minute, compared with the length of a typical fixation.
- How it is calculated
- 60,000 ms / 900 words = 66.7 ms per word; 66.7 / 250 = 0.27 and 66.7 / 200 = 0.33