Verified October 2026

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Tokens per word in Portuguese

Portuguese averages about 1.7 tokens per word on current BPE tokenizers, which is 28% more tokens than the same count in English. Close to Spanish, with slightly more diacritics in Brazilian usage.

1.7Tokens per word
0.59words per token
1,700Tokens per 1,000 words
+28%vs English

Portuguese to tokens table

Words → Tokens (Portuguese, 1.7 tokens per word)
WordsTokens
100170
250425
500850
1,0001,700
2,5004,250
5,0008,500
10,00017,000
25,00042,500
50,00085,000
100,000170,000

Language comparison

LanguageTokens per wordTokens for 1,000Cost multiplier vs English
English1.331,3301.00×
Spanish1.71,7001.28×
French1.81,8001.35×
German1.91,9001.43×
Portuguese1.71,7001.28×
Russian2.42,4001.80×
Arabic2.92,9002.18×
Hindi3.23,2002.41×
Chinese1.51,5001.13×
Japanese1.81,8001.35×

Ratios are per word except Chinese and Japanese, which are per character. Comparing them directly is approximate — the honest way to budget is to tokenize a sample of your own corpus.

Cost of 1,000 words in Portuguese

Cost of 1,700 tokens (1,000 words) — USD, rates verified October 2026
#ModelProviderInputOutputBlended
1GPT-6 LunaOpenAI$0.00017$0.00085$0.00038
2GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI$0.00034$0.00204$0.00085
3GPT-5.4 nanoOpenAI$0.00034$0.00212$0.00087
4Gemini 3.5 Flash-LiteGoogle Gemini$0.00051$0.00425$0.00157
5DeepSeek V4.1 FlashDeepSeek$0.00051$0.00204$0.00102
6GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI$0.00127$0.00765$0.00319
7Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle Gemini$0.00127$0.00637$0.00287
8Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle Gemini$0.00127$0.00637$0.00287
9Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic$0.0017$0.0085$0.00382
10Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle Gemini$0.00212$0.017$0.00637
11Grok 4.3xAI Grok$0.00212$0.00425$0.00319
12DeepSeek V4 ProDeepSeek$0.00224$0.00673$0.00393
13Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle Gemini$0.00255$0.0153$0.00637
14GPT-5.2OpenAI$0.00297$0.0238$0.00892
15GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI$0.0034$0.017$0.00765
16GPT-6 SolOpenAI$0.0034$0.017$0.00765
17GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI$0.0034$0.0204$0.0085
18GPT-4.1OpenAI$0.0034$0.0136$0.0068
19Claude Sonnet 5Anthropic$0.0034$0.017$0.00765
20Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)Google Gemini$0.0034$0.0204$0.0085
21Grok 4.6xAI Grok$0.0034$0.0102$0.00595
22GPT-5.4OpenAI$0.00425$0.0255$0.0106
23Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic$0.0051$0.0255$0.0115
24GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI$0.0068$0.034$0.0153
25GPT-5.5OpenAI$0.0085$0.051$0.0212
26Claude Opus 5Anthropic$0.0085$0.0425$0.0191
27GPT-6 AstraOpenAI$0.017$0.085$0.0382
28Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic$0.017$0.085$0.0382

Input = 1,700 prompt tokens. Output = 1,700 generated tokens. Blended = input + 25% of output, the same weighting used across this site.

What this means for a multilingual product

If you serve Portuguese and English from the same budget, Portuguese consumes 1.3× the tokens for the same number of words. Either the price per token absorbs that, or the Portuguese product quietly runs at a lower margin. Measuring the ratio on your own text is the only reliable way to price it.

FAQ

How many tokens is 1,000 words in Portuguese?

About 1,700 tokens, using 1.7 tokens per word. That is 28% more tokens than the same count in English (1,330).

Why is Portuguese more expensive per word?

Close to Spanish, with slightly more diacritics in Brazilian usage. Providers bill per token, not per word, so a language that fragments into more tokens costs more for the same meaning.

How do I get an exact count for Portuguese?

Run a sample of your own text through the tokenizer of the model you will be billed on. Public ratios are averages; product names, numbers and formatting in your own data can move the result by 20% or more.

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