Type the phrase below as fast and accurately as you can. The timer starts with your first keystroke and your best result is saved on this device.
English Typing Speed Test
The typing speed test measures how fast and accurately you type. Retype the phrase shown above using your physical keyboard or by clicking the on-screen keys. The timer starts the moment you press the first key and stops automatically when the text matches.
Your speed is shown in words per minute (WPM), where one word equals five characters. Accuracy compares your keystrokes against the target text. Your best result is stored in this browser so you can try to beat it.
A unique feature: While you type, you can glance at the on-screen keyboard to see which keys to press. It is also a great way to discover how each character is produced - especially fascinating to watch for Korean and Japanese, where a single block of text is assembled from several keystrokes that light up one after another. You can also type directly on the on-screen keyboard if you do not have a localized physical keyboard.
Every layout comes with its own typing test, using real phrases in that language. Choose one under the test - from Russian and German to Korean, Japanese and Arabic - and the keyboard switches with it. For Korean and Japanese the highlight even walks through the individual jamo or romaji that build each character, so a quick speed test doubles as a lesson in how the script is typed.
The English keyboard layout is the classic US QWERTY arrangement, named after the first six letters on the top row - the same key positions found on most keyboards around the world. There are no dead keys or accents to combine: every key prints its character directly, and Shift gives you capitals plus the symbols on the number row.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Your speed is shown in words per minute (WPM). As is standard for typing tests, one "word" counts as five characters, so the score is the number of correctly typed characters divided by five and then by the time you spent. The timer starts the moment you press the first key and stops automatically when your text matches the phrase, so you never start or stop it yourself.
Accuracy is the share of your keystrokes that were correct. Every key you press counts, and each character that does not match the expected one is logged as a mistake - even if you delete it and retype it afterwards. A clean run with no wrong keys scores 100%, while fixing typos along the way lowers the figure. Speed and accuracy are tracked separately, so you can tell whether to push for pace or for precision.
Typing speed is measured in words per minute (WPM), counting one "word" as five characters. As a rough guide an average typist runs around 40 WPM, a comfortable touch-typist 60-70 WPM and professionals well beyond - benchmarks gathered mostly from English and other Latin-script typing. A fair target in English depends on its script: layouts whose characters are each assembled from several keystrokes, such as Korean Hangul, Japanese kana or the Devanagari and Bengali of the Indic languages, naturally read lower in WPM because every visible character costs more keys. The number that matters most is your own best score on this layout, saved here for you to beat.
On your device only. Your best WPM is kept in this browser's local storage - it is not tied to any account and never leaves your computer, so there is nothing to sign up for. You will see it again on your next visit in the same browser, but not on a different device, and clearing your browsing data resets it. In a private or incognito window the score shows during the session but is not kept afterwards.
Yes. Everything happens in your browser. The practice phrases are the only thing fetched from the server; your keystrokes, your speed and your best score are computed and stored locally and are never sent anywhere. There are no accounts, and what you type is never recorded.
Yes, it is completely free, and there is nothing to download, install or sign up for. The test runs entirely in your web browser - just open the page and start typing.
Yes - that is the usual way to take it. Type on your physical keyboard and the matching on-screen keys light up as you go, so you can keep your eyes on the text. You can also click or tap the on-screen keys directly, which helps when you do not have a localized physical keyboard for the layout you are practising. Because the highlight shows exactly which key produces each character, the test doubles as a way to learn a new layout.
All twenty-three Qwertia layouts have their own typing test: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Korean, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Greek, Azerbaijani, Hindi and Bengali, plus the alternative Dvorak layout and a calculator-style Numpad. Each test draws on real phrases in that language, and choosing a layout under the test - or with the language button on the keyboard - switches both the phrases and the on-screen keyboard. Pick one from the links below the test.
Look closely and you will notice the columns of keys do not line up straight down - each one slants slightly to the lower left, so Q, A and Z step diagonally rather than stacking neatly. This stagger is a leftover from mechanical typewriters: every key was attached to its own metal lever, and offsetting the rows kept those levers from colliding as they swung up to strike the paper. Computers removed the levers long ago, yet the diagonal offset has been carried over into nearly every electronic keyboard, so a purely mechanical fix from the 1870s still shapes how your fingers reach for the keys today.
Yes, and they are the most interesting tests to watch. The Korean test uses the standard Dubeolsik layout and assembles the jamo you type into full Hangul blocks; the Japanese test lets you type romaji (converted to kana as you go) or the JIS kana directly; and the Arabic test writes right to left on the Arabic 101 layout. Greek, Russian Cyrillic, and the Devanagari and Bengali INSCRIPT layouts for Hindi and Bengali are all here too. For Korean and Japanese the on-screen highlight even walks through the individual keystrokes that build each character, so a quick speed test doubles as a lesson in how the script is typed.
Instead of pangrams, the Numpad typing test serves up the kind of running calculations an accountant punches all day - sums, subtotals, percentages and price times quantity - so you build real ten-key speed on the calculator-style number pad rather than practising letters. Because the Numpad has no space bar, each set of figures is a self-contained phrase.
Yes. You can embed the test on your own site with a single line of HTML: click Embed (or the "embed it" link under the description) to copy a ready-made iframe snippet. It runs just as it does here, entirely in the visitor's browser.