Typing test
Start typing. You get net and gross WPM, accuracy, and the keys that slowed you down.
- Gross WPM
- 0
- Accuracy
- 0%
- Wrong words left in
- 0
- Keystrokes / hour
- 0
- Time
- 0 s
Pick a length
How the score is worked out
A “word” is five keystrokes, spaces included — the convention typing exams use, so that long and short words count fairly.
- Gross WPM = everything you typed ÷ 5 ÷ minutes.
- Net WPM = gross minus one for every wrong word you left in, per minute. This is the number exams and employers ask for.
- Accuracy = correct keystrokes ÷ all keystrokes. A mistake you went back and fixed no longer costs speed, but it still costs accuracy.
- Keystrokes per hour (KPH) is the same speed in the unit data-entry jobs and some government exams quote.
Questions
What is a good typing speed?
Around 40 net WPM is what most office workers type. 50 to 70 is fluent, and above 90 is the top few percent. Many clerical and data-entry exams set their pass mark between 30 and 40 net WPM — check the notice of the exam you are sitting, because each sets its own.
What is the difference between gross and net WPM?
Gross WPM counts everything you typed. Net WPM subtracts one word per minute for each wrong word left uncorrected. Net is the honest figure: typing fast and wrong scores lower than typing a little slower and right.
Why did my accuracy drop when I fixed my mistakes?
Because accuracy counts keystrokes, not the final text. Pressing a wrong key and correcting it costs time and shows a habit worth knowing about, so it stays in the accuracy figure even though the word ends up right.
Is my result saved?
Yes, in your own browser: your last 200 results, your personal bests and which keys you miss. Nothing you type is sent to us, and there is no account.
How do I challenge someone?
After a test press “Share and challenge a friend”. The link carries the same words and your score, so they type exactly what you typed.
Keep going
Typing lessons
Fifteen short lessons, two new keys at a time, with the keyboard showing which finger goes where.
Practice texts
Type the opening lines of classic books: real sentences, capitals and punctuation.
Weak keys
A drill built from the keys you miss most, worked out from your own tests.
Times tables
Each table with its patterns, a drill that returns to what you got wrong, and a 60-second speed test.