Free Typing Speed Test
Test your typing speed and accuracy. Pick a difficulty, type the passage, and see your WPM in real time. Track your personal best across sessions.
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Free Online Typing Speed Test
Knowing your typing speed matters. Whether you are a student writing essays, a professional answering emails, or someone learning to touch-type, your words-per-minute (WPM) score directly affects how efficiently you work. This tool gives you a quick, accurate measurement of your typing speed and accuracy with no sign-up and no ads interrupting your test.
How the Test Works
Choose a difficulty level, then type the displayed passage exactly as shown. The timer starts on your first keystroke and stops when you finish. Your WPM, accuracy, elapsed time, and error count update in real time as you type. You can press Backspace to correct mistakes. When you finish, your results are displayed along with whether you set a new personal best.
What Is a Good Typing Speed?
The average person types around 40 WPM. If you can type 60 to 70 WPM, you are above average. Professional typists, writers, and programmers often reach 80 to 100 WPM. Competitive typists can exceed 150 WPM. More important than raw speed is accuracy — a fast typist who makes frequent errors spends extra time correcting them, which slows down real-world output.
Tips to Improve Your Typing Speed
Focus on accuracy first and speed will follow. Use all ten fingers and keep your hands on the home row. Avoid looking at the keyboard. Practice regularly with progressively harder passages. The Easy mode uses simple, common words. Medium introduces longer sentences and basic punctuation. Hard includes complex vocabulary, numbers, and special characters.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is typing speed (WPM) calculated?
WPM stands for words per minute. It is calculated by dividing the total number of characters you typed by 5 (the standard word length) and then dividing by the elapsed time in minutes. Only correctly typed characters count toward your WPM score.
What is a good typing speed?
The average typing speed is around 40 WPM. A speed of 60 to 70 WPM is considered above average. Professional typists and programmers often type between 80 and 100 WPM. Speeds above 100 WPM are exceptional.
Can I fix mistakes while typing?
Yes. Press Backspace to go back and correct any mistakes. Corrected characters are no longer counted as errors in your final accuracy score.
Is my data saved?
Your personal best WPM for each difficulty level is saved to your browser using localStorage. No data is sent to any server. You can clear your records at any time.