Typing Speed Test
How fast do you type? Take a 15 to 120 second WPM test, or type 25, 50 or 100 words, on random common words or full sentences. See net and raw WPM, accuracy, consistency and a speed chart. Free, private, works on phones too.
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Timer starts on your first character. Space moves to the next word. Tab then Enter, or Esc, restarts. Best for 30s · words: none yet
How this typing speed test works
What WPM means
Typing tests count a "word" as any 5 characters, spaces included, so long and short words score fairly. Net WPM is your correct characters divided by 5, divided by the minutes taken. Raw WPM counts every character and space recorded, mistakes included, but not backspace. The two match on a clean run. A big gap means you are typing faster than you can type cleanly.
Accuracy is the share of keystrokes that were right when you pressed them, so fixing a typo still costs you. Consistency compares your speed second by second: 100% would be a perfectly steady pace.
Typical speeds
These are rough figures, not hard rules. Around 40 WPM is a common average for adults who type daily. 60 to 80 WPM is good and covers almost any office job. 100 WPM and up is fast, and sustained speeds above 130 WPM on random words are rare. Short tests flatter you: expect your 60 second score to land a little below your 15 second one. Sentences with punctuation and capitals are slower than lowercase common words.
How to get faster
- Learn touch typing. Keep your fingers on the home row and stop looking down. Speed drops for a week or two, then passes your old ceiling.
- Accuracy first. Aim for 97% or better. Every backspace costs more time than typing a little slower.
- Practice little and often. Ten minutes a day beats an hour once a week. Mix in punctuation and numbers once common words feel easy.
Does your keyboard make you faster?
Much less than the box suggests. A keyboard sold as the "fastest" for typing usually means light switches or a high polling rate, which shave a few milliseconds off each key. At 100 WPM you press about 8 keys a second, so a few milliseconds is noise next to technique. Comfort and a layout you know matter more. A keyboard that drops or doubles keys does hurt, and you can check that with the keyboard tester and the keyboard ghosting test.
Limits worth knowing
The test runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Pasting is blocked, and a test with no typing for 15 seconds is treated as abandoned and not scored. Phone keyboards with autocorrect or swipe typing can swap whole words at once, which skews accuracy. Personal bests are saved per mode in this browser only.
Related tools
Check every key works with the keyboard tester, see how many keys register together with the keyboard ghosting test, measure delay with the keyboard latency test, or see how fast you can mash keys with the keyboard clicker.
Frequently asked questions
How is WPM calculated?
This test counts a word as 5 characters, spaces included. Net WPM is the number of correct characters divided by 5, then divided by the minutes you took. A space after a fully correct word counts as a correct character. On a word-count test, the last word adds that space only if you press space to finish; finishing on the last letter does not. Raw WPM uses the same formula on every recorded character and space, mistakes included, and does not count backspace. The WPM shown is rounded to the nearest whole number.
Do errors count?
Yes. Wrong characters are left out of net WPM, so errors lower the score. Accuracy is the share of recorded keystrokes that were correct at the moment you pressed them. Each character is recorded, and the space that moves you to the next word is recorded as correct only when the whole word matched. Backspace removes letters on screen but is not recorded, so the mistake still lowers accuracy and still counts in raw WPM.
Is the test timed?
You can pick a timed test of 15, 30, 60 or 120 seconds, or a word-count test of 25, 50 or 100 words. The clock starts when you type the first character, not when you click the box or move focus to it. A timed test ends at the length you chose, and the score uses that length, so the time on the result matches the test you picked. A word-count test ends once, when the last word is finished. If you type nothing for 15 seconds, the run is abandoned and not scored.
Can I paste the text?
No. Paste and drag-and-drop are blocked, so the score only counts keys you type. A phone keyboard that autocorrects or lets you swipe can still replace a whole word in one go, and that throws accuracy off.
Can I fix a typo with backspace?
Backspace works only in the current word. It deletes characters there, and the caret stays on the character you are typing. You cannot move back into a word you already left by pressing space. Deleted characters leave the text, but the keystrokes that typed them stay in the accuracy and raw WPM totals.
What is saved?
Your settings, and the best net WPM and accuracy for each mode, stay in this browser only. A new best is decided with the same whole-number WPM shown on the result. A higher unrounded value that still rounds to the same WPM does not count as a new best. Nothing you type is uploaded. Consistency compares raw speed from one second to the next. It stays blank until the run covers at least three seconds, and it is not an accuracy score.