Token Ratio

Tokens per word, and why it moves

Library › Token Problems

1. Tokenization

2. Subword Tokens

3. Non-Word Tokens

4. Token Ratio

5. Headroom

6. Token Pricing

7. Prompt and Completion

8. The Billing Line

9. Asymmetric Pricing

10. Words to Cents

11. Token Mix

12. Usage Forecast

13. Standing Instructions

14. Fixed Overhead

15. Budget Ceiling

16. Token Allowance

17. Two Speeds

18. Output Bound

19. Rate Cards

20. Usage Audit

Does every language tokenize the same way? No. The ratio of tokens to words varies because tokenizers are trained mostly on English. Agents serving multilingual users will pay different costs for the same message depending on the language.

⬇ Token Ratio worksheet (1 page)

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