Is 130 to 150 words per minute a rule?
No. Those two speeds are the planning range the speech timer uses. A slower room or a toast with laughs will land somewhere else.
Speech timer
How many words are in a 5 minute speech
A planning range for a 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minute speech at 130 and 150 words per minute. The range is a guide for the draft, not a rule.
- 1 minute130–150 words
- 2 minutes260–300 words
- 3 minutes390–450 words
- 5 minutes650–750 words
- 10 minutes1300–1500 words
A five minute talk sits in the middle of that list: 650 words at the slower planning speed and 750 at the faster one. One minute is a short opening. Two minutes can hold a single scene. Three minutes is enough for a toast that names one moment and a wish. Ten minutes is a class talk, and it is also the longest spoken run on Round Rehearsal.
Count the draft you already have, then say it once. A written page and a spoken page are different lengths, because a breath and a laugh take time the word count cannot see.
Check a draft in the speech timer · Wedding toast length
How many words is five minutes?
At 130 words per minute, five minutes is 650 words. At 150 words per minute, five minutes is 750 words.
Does the timer store the draft?
No. The count runs in the browser. The draft is saved only if you later start a spoken practice round.