Measure your typing speed in WPM and accuracy. Timer starts on your first keystroke.
Anyone wanting to measure and improve their typing speed for work or fun.
Start typing
Click the passage to focus the input. The timer starts automatically on your first keystroke — no separate start button.
Type the passage
Type as quickly and accurately as you can; incorrect characters are highlighted in red in real time so you can correct them.
See your results
When you finish, your WPM, accuracy percentage, and a performance rating are shown. Try a new passage to go again.
Typing is something most of us do all day without ever measuring, yet speed and accuracy make a real difference — to how fast you get through work, and to roles like data entry, transcription, and admin that set minimum WPM requirements. The average person types around 40 WPM, competent typists hit 60–80, and fast ones exceed 100. You cannot improve what you do not measure, and a quick test gives you a baseline plus immediate feedback on where you slow down. This test times you on a real passage: the clock starts on your first keystroke, wrong characters are highlighted in red as you go, and at the end you get your words-per-minute, accuracy percentage, and a rating. It runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you type is recorded or uploaded. Take it repeatedly with new passages to track progress over time — regular, deliberate practice reliably pushes WPM up over a few weeks.
Professionals
Set a baseline WPM and track how it improves with practice over time.
Students
Build speed before exams and essays that involve long stretches of typing.
Job applicants
Prepare for roles that list a minimum WPM — data entry, transcription, customer support, and admin.
Learners
Use the live error highlighting to find which keys and patterns slow you down.
Friendly competition
Compare scores with friends or colleagues on the same passage for fun.
Words Per Minute = words typed ÷ time in minutes, where a "word" is standardised as 5 characters — the common convention so scores are comparable.
Roughly: under 40 is slow, 40–70 average, 70–100 fast, and over 100 excellent. Top typists exceed 120 WPM.
Yes. Errors are highlighted and factored into your accuracy percentage; raw speed with many mistakes is not a true measure.
No. The test runs entirely in your browser — nothing is recorded or uploaded.
A random passage loads each time; click "New Passage" for a different one.
Practise regularly, keep your fingers on the home row, and prioritise accuracy first — speed follows once errors drop.
It works best with a physical keyboard, but you can run it in any modern browser.
Yes — take the test as many times as you like for free, with no account.