Multilingual Token Calculator
See why non-English text costs more tokens.
Results update automatically as you type.
Result
~1,900 tokens (90.0% more than English)
Same text costs $0.00475 vs $0.00250 in English
- English-equivalent tokens
- 1,000
- Language inflation factor
- 1.9x
- Actual tokens
- 1,900
- Extra tokens
- 900
- Input cost (this language)
- $0.00475
The same sentence uses more tokens in some languages than in English, so you pay more for identical meaning. Pick a language to see the token inflation factor and the extra cost.
How this is calculated
This calculator uses the tokens formulas described in our methodology. All figures are estimates for planning; verify current pricing with each provider before relying on them.
Worked example (defaults)
With the default inputs above, here is the result:
Result
~1,900 tokens (90.0% more than English)
Same text costs $0.00475 vs $0.00250 in English
- English-equivalent tokens
- 1,000
- Language inflation factor
- 1.9x
- Actual tokens
- 1,900
- Extra tokens
- 900
- Input cost (this language)
- $0.00475
Frequently asked questions
Why does non-English text cost more?+
Tokenizers are trained mostly on English, so other languages (especially non-Latin scripts) split into more tokens per word.
Are the factors exact?+
They're representative averages. Actual inflation varies by tokenizer and text; use them as a planning guide.