G · VOICE & SPEECH
Filler words per minute
Measuring the "ums" that dilute your delivery.
By Thomas Linck, founder · Updated June 2026
Filler words per minute is the rate at which words like "um", "uh", "like" and "you know" appear in your narration. It is a direct measure of how clean your spoken delivery reads.
WHY IT MATTERS
A few fillers are human and fine. A high rate makes you sound unsure and gives the viewer little gaps to drop off in. Trimming the worst clusters — often without re-recording — sharpens authority and pace at once.
TARGET · STANDARD
| Low | barely noticed | |
| High | distracting / undercuts authority | |
| Fix | cut the worst clusters | jump cuts or b-roll |
How CutScore measures it
CutScore transcribes your audio, detects filler words, and reports the rate per minute plus the exact timestamps of the densest clusters so you can cut them.
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QUESTIONS
Frequently asked.
There is no hard cutoff, but clusters of fillers in one passage are the real problem. CutScore points you at the densest spots to trim first.
Usually yes — most can be removed with tight cuts, covered by b-roll so the edit stays smooth.