Free typing speed test
Type the words on the screen as quickly and accurately as you can. When the test ends you get your speed in words per minute, your accuracy, and how your result compares with other typists. No account is needed.
How the test works
- Length. A timed test of 15 seconds, 30 seconds or one minute, or a fixed length of 100, 500 or 1,000 characters. The default is 15 seconds.
- Text. The most common words of a language (from the top 10 up to the top 1,000), pseudo-words built from the letter patterns of a language, or passages from books.
- Language. The test runs in every language the trainer supports.
After the test you see how many characters you typed, how many errors you made and how long it took, two charts comparing your speed and accuracy with other people’s, and a replay of your typing.
How is typing speed calculated?
The clock starts at your first keystroke and stops at your last, so the time you spend reading the first word does not count against you. Every character you type counts, spaces included, and is converted to words per minute with the standard convention of five characters per word: 300 characters in one minute is 60 WPM. Speed can also be shown in characters per minute instead.
How is accuracy calculated?
Accuracy is the share of characters you typed correctly: the number of characters minus the number of errors, divided by the number of characters. Typing 200 characters with 4 mistakes gives 98% accuracy.
What is a good typing speed?
In one of the largest studies of everyday typing, 168,000 volunteers took an online typing test and averaged about 52 words per minute, with most people within 20 WPM of that figure (Dhakal, Feit, Kristensson and Oulasvirta, 2018). Anything above 70 WPM puts you well ahead of the typical typist. The charts after each test show how your own result compares.
How do I get an honest result?
- Take the one-minute or 500-character test. Fifteen seconds is short enough that one good or bad stretch moves the number a lot.
- Compare results only between tests with the same settings. A different word list or length gives a different number, and so does a different typing test site: here is why.
- Keep your eyes on the screen. If you need to look at the keyboard to keep going, that is the thing to practise first.
How do I improve my score?
A test tells you where you are; practice is what moves the number. Typeblind’s adaptive lessons measure your speed on every key and build each lesson around the keys that slow you down, a few minutes a day.