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words per minute

measure of words processed in a minute, e.g. speed of typing, reading or Morse code sending and receiving
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words per minute

Summary

words per minute is an unit of measurement[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of unit_of_measurement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (455 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • words per minute's instance of is recorded as unit of measurement[3].
  • words per minute's instance of is recorded as rate[4].
  • words per minute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04k6hf[5].
  • words per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'mpm'}[6].
  • words per minute's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'wpm'}[7].
  • words per minute's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777970837[8].
  • words per minute's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 15311128-n[9].
  • words per minute's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2777970837[10].

Why It Matters

words per minute ranks in the top 7% of unit_of_measurement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (455 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_words-per-minute_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{words per minute}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/words-per-minute}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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