Typing Speed Test
Free typing speed test with WPM, accuracy, consistency, and a WPM-over-time graph. Time modes (15/30/60/120s), word modes (10/25/50/100). No signup.
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What is the Typing Speed Test?
A typing speed test gives you a fixed amount of text or time and measures how fast and accurately you can type it. WPM (words per minute) is the headline number, but accuracy and consistency matter just as much: 80 WPM with 70% accuracy is worse than 60 WPM with 98%. Useful for self-tracking, job application prep, and seeing your typing under load.
How to use the Typing Speed Test
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Pick a test mode
Time (15, 30, 60, or 120 seconds) gives you a fixed window to type as much as you can. Words (10, 25, 50, or 100) ends when you finish that many words.
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Choose the word list
Common (top 200 English words) is easier and more familiar. Extended (top 1000) mixes in less common words for a harder test.
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Click the text area and start
The timer starts on your first keystroke. Letters turn green when correct, red when wrong. Press Space to commit each word.
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Read your results
After the test ends, you get net WPM, raw WPM, accuracy, consistency score, and a WPM-over-time graph. Press Tab to restart with new words.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is WPM calculated?
Industry standard: 1 word = 5 characters including spaces. Net WPM = (correctly typed characters / 5) / minutes elapsed. Raw WPM does the same math but counts every character you typed, errors included. So if you type 300 correct characters in 60 seconds, that's (300/5) / 1 = 60 net WPM.
What is a good typing speed?
Average sits around 40 WPM. 50 to 60 covers most office work. 60 to 80 is above average. 80 to 100 is fast. 100+ is expert territory; professional transcriptionists and senior programmers often run 100 to 130 WPM with high accuracy.
How can I improve my typing speed?
Touch-typing first (fingers on home row ASDF JKL;), accuracy second, speed third. Don't look at the keyboard, even when it slows you down at first. Run a short test daily and watch the trend over weeks. Drop to 200-word common mode when starting; move to 1000 once your accuracy stays above 95%.
What word lists are used?
Two: Common (top 200 most-frequent English words: "the", "of", "to", "and"...) and Extended (top 1000, mixing in less familiar words). Both lists shuffle on every test, so you can't memorize the sequence and game the score.
What test modes are available?
Two. Time-based (15, 30, 60, or 120 seconds) ends when the clock runs out and rewards consistent speed across the window. Word-based (10, 25, 50, or 100 words) ends when you finish, and rewards accuracy under no time pressure. Default is 30-second time mode.
How is accuracy calculated?
Correct characters divided by total characters typed, as a percentage. If you type 95 correct out of 100 total, that's 95%. Characters typed past the end of a word count as incorrect (the test enforces word boundaries on space). Backspace within the current word is allowed.
What is the consistency score?
How steady your speed is across the test, computed as 100 minus the coefficient of variation of your per-word WPM. 90%+ means you typed at roughly the same pace from start to finish. Lower scores usually mean you slowed down on hard words or had a momentary distraction.
When does the timer start?
On your first keystroke, no countdown screen. Click the text area, start typing, and the clock begins. Press Tab any time to abort the current test and restart with a fresh set of words.
How fast do I need to type for a job?
Typical office work: 40 to 50 WPM. Data entry: 60 to 80 WPM. Court reporting and medical/legal transcription: 80 to 100+ WPM with very high accuracy. Programming jobs care more about accuracy and tooling fluency than raw WPM, since most of the work isn't continuous typing anyway.