Typing Speed Test
Measure your typing speed in words per minute (WPM) and accuracy. Pick a duration, click the box to focus it, then type the passage as fast and cleanly as you can — your first keystroke starts the clock. Just want to mash keys instead? Try the Keyboard Clicker.
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Speed over time
30s testHow it works
Choose how long you want to type for — 15 or 30 seconds for a quick burst, 60 for the classic benchmark, or 120 to test stamina. Click the passage box so it has keyboard focus, then start typing; the clock begins on your first keystroke, so no reaction time is wasted. Each character you type is checked against the passage and coloured live — correct characters fill in, mistakes show in red, and you can press backspace to fix them.
How your score is measured
Speed uses the universal standard where five characters equal one word, so your WPM doesn't depend on word length. Only characters that match the passage count toward your speed, which makes this a net WPM — uncorrected typos lower your number. Accuracy is the share of keystrokes you got right, and the graph shows how your pace rose and fell across the run so you can see whether you started fast and faded or held steady.
What's a good WPM?
The average is around 40 WPM. A solid office pace is 55–70, anything past 80 is fast, and sustained 100+ WPMis rare without dedicated practice. Don't chase speed at the cost of accuracy, though — clean typing at a steady rate beats frantic mashing that you spend half the time correcting.
Type faster
- Touch type — rest your fingers on the home row (ASDF JKL;) and don't look down.
- Build accuracy first; speed follows once you stop fixing errors.
- Keep a light, relaxed touch and let common words become muscle memory.
- Practise in short, regular sessions rather than occasional long grinds.
Test more of your input
Typing is about accuracy as much as raw speed. To benchmark pure key-tapping speed, try the Keyboard Clicker, or measure your mouse hand with the CPS Test. If a key keeps dropping characters, check it on the Keyboard Tester.
Frequently asked questions
What is a typing speed test?
It's a quick test of how fast and accurately you type. A passage of common words appears, and you type it as the clock counts down — the test measures your speed in words per minute (WPM) and your accuracy as a percentage. Click the box to focus it, then start typing; the timer begins on your first keystroke, so there's no countdown to waste. It's the standard way to benchmark typing for school, work, or just to see how you stack up.
How is WPM (words per minute) calculated?
The universal standard counts every five characters as one word, including spaces, so your raw character count doesn't depend on whether you happened to type long or short words. WPM is your correctly typed characters divided by five, then divided by the minutes elapsed. For example, 200 correct characters in 30 seconds is 200 ÷ 5 = 40 words, over half a minute, which is 80 WPM. Mistakes you don't fix don't count toward your correct characters, so accuracy and speed both shape the final number.
What is a good typing speed?
The average adult types around 40 WPM. Crossing 55–60 is a comfortably good office pace, 70–80 is fast, and sustained speeds above 100 WPM are uncommon and usually mean lots of touch-typing practice. Professional typists and competitive typers can reach 120 WPM and beyond. Just as important as raw speed is accuracy — typing at 90 WPM with 85% accuracy often produces less usable text than 65 WPM at 99%, because every error costs time to fix.
What's the difference between gross and net WPM?
Gross WPM counts everything you type regardless of mistakes, while net WPM subtracts your errors and is the more meaningful figure. This test reports a net-style score: only characters that match the target passage count toward your speed, so leaving typos in lowers your WPM as well as your accuracy. That rewards clean, controlled typing over frantic mashing, which is the habit that actually makes you faster in real use.
How can I type faster?
The biggest gain is touch typing — keeping all eight fingers on the home row (ASDF JKL;) and never looking down. Build accuracy first and speed follows, because correcting errors is what really slows most people down. Keep a light, relaxed touch, let your fingers learn common letter pairs and words as muscle memory, and practise in short, regular sessions rather than rare long ones. Avoid looking at the keyboard even when it feels slower at first; that's the habit that unlocks real speed.
Does this work on a phone or tablet?
It works best with a physical keyboard on a laptop or desktop, where it can read each key you press. On a touchscreen it relies on the on-screen keyboard, which is far slower and can behave inconsistently with autocorrect and predictive text, so your score won't reflect true touch-typing speed. For an accurate benchmark, use a real keyboard. If nothing registers when you type, click the passage box first so it has focus.