Try the Typing Speed Test
Free typing speed test with 12,000+ sentences and 2,400+ paragraphs. Time, words, sentence, paragraph, key-practice and custom-text modes, live WPM chart.
- Free to use
- No signup
- Nothing to install
- Works in any modern browser
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What is the Typing Speed Test?
Typing speed is measured in words per minute (WPM), where a “word” is standardised as five characters. The average person types around 40 WPM, professional typists reach 65–75 WPM, and competitive typists exceed 120. This test measures your speed and accuracy on real sentences and paragraphs, with a live timer, a live WPM counter and a detailed result screen.
The text library holds more than 12,000 sentences and 2,400 paragraphs collected from public-domain books on Project Gutenberg — stories and fables, classic literature, science and nature, philosophy and history — plus original passages about AZRS, Asasify, AsasifyTax, Quickyla and QuickFix, code snippets, numbers-and-symbols text and random common words. Choose a time test (15 to 300 seconds), a word-count test, a single sentence, a full paragraph, a key-practice drill or paste your own text. When you finish you get net WPM, raw WPM, accuracy, consistency, a speed-over-time chart, the keys you missed and your slowest keys, and your results are saved on this device.
3 steps to your result
Open the tool and follow along. Nothing to install.
What you get
Time, Words, Sentence, Paragraph, Key practice and Custom text (paste or upload your own .txt).
Fresh text every test from stories, classics, science, wisdom, history, code and AZRS copy.
Net and raw WPM, accuracy, consistency, characters per minute, missed keys, slowest keys and a WPM chart.
Home row, top row, bottom row, left or right hand, capitals, numbers, common letter pairs and pangrams.
Ghost pacer, stop-on-error, blind mode, no-backspace, simple text, punctuation and numbers.
Personal bests per mode, last-10 average, day streak, trend chart, CSV export and a downloadable PNG certificate.
Used for
Pick one to see how it fits.
Students and job seekers
Prove and improve the typing speed that many jobs require.
Try it freeProgrammers and writers
Use code snippets, symbols and long paragraphs to build fluency and cut fatigue.
Try it freeParents and teachers
Track a child’s progress with drills, streaks and a printable certificate.
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| This text tool | Desktop software | |
|---|---|---|
| Install | Nothing to install | Usually an app or program to install |
| Account | No signup | Depends on the product |
| Cost | Free to use | Free or paid, depends on the product |
Questions people ask
What is a good typing speed?
40 WPM is average, 60–70 WPM is good for office work, and 80+ WPM is excellent.
What is net WPM?
Your speed after subtracting errors; raw WPM counts every keystroke.
How is accuracy calculated?
Correct keystrokes divided by total keystrokes, as a percentage. Mistakes you correct with Backspace still count.
What is consistency?
How steady your speed was from second to second. 100% means a perfectly even pace.
Where does the text come from?
Public-domain books from Project Gutenberg, code snippets, and original text written for AZRS, Asasify and QuickFix.
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