Typing test – Test your typing speed (WPM)

A typing test measures how quickly and accurately you type a given text. Choose the length and language, click the text field, and start typing. The timer starts with your first keystroke, the spacebar completes each word, and mistakes are marked in red. At the end, you'll see your words per minute (net and gross WPM), accuracy, characters per minute, consistency, rank, a chart of your speed over time, and, if you made mistakes, the keys you mistyped most often.

One minute is the usual standard: Time mode defaults to 60 seconds, with 15, 30, and 120 seconds also available. Short tests tend to show your peak speed, while longer ones show your endurance as concentration fades over time. In Words mode, you type 10, 25, 50, or 100 words without a time limit, and the test ends when you type the last letter if the last word is error-free, otherwise with the space after it. Only compare results from tests of the same length. That's why the test also saves your personal best for each test length.

The test assigns ranks based on your net WPM: below 25 WPM is Beginner, 25 to 44 Average, 45 to 59 Good, 60 to 79 Fast, 80 to 99 Very Fast, and 100 WPM or more Pro. So 50 WPM is good, while 60 and 70 WPM are fast. Around 40 WPM is often cited as the average for computer typing. This scale is a guide, not an official standard. After each test, the results show how many more WPM you need to reach the next rank. Accuracy matters just as much as speed, because every mistake costs you net WPM.

WPM stands for “words per minute.” One word always counts as five characters, including spaces. The formula is: correct characters divided by 5, divided by the number of minutes. 300 correct characters in 60 seconds is 60 WPM, as is 150 correct characters in 30 seconds. Characters per minute (CPM, often called keystrokes per minute) uses the same calculation without dividing by 5: 40 WPM equals 200, 60 WPM equals 300, and 80 WPM equals 400 characters per minute.

Raw WPM (gross) counts every keystroke, including incorrect and deleted ones. Net WPM counts only characters in words typed without errors. The example in the results shows how it works: 127 keystrokes in 30 seconds equals 51 raw WPM, but because one word had an error and corrections took time, net WPM is 47. The gap between the two values shows how much speed is lost to errors. Net WPM is generally used for comparisons.

For accuracy and raw WPM, yes; for net WPM, no. Accuracy is the share of correct keystrokes out of all keystrokes: 120 keystrokes with 6 errors gives 95%. An error you correct immediately still counts, and a space after an incorrect word also counts as an error. The value is rounded down, so 100% really means no errors at all. You can only correct the current word; once you press space, you can no longer change it. If you turn off “Backspace allowed,” every keystroke is final.

The text is available in German or English; you choose the language in the test. No other languages are available. The German word list includes umlauts and ß. If you turn off “Umlauts,” the test uses ae, oe, ue, and ss instead, which is handy for keyboards without umlaut keys. The test compares the characters you enter, so it doesn't depend on your keyboard layout. Characters entered using dead keys or input methods (IME) only count once they're complete. Pasting from the clipboard is disabled.

Only on your own device. The test runs entirely in your browser, with no upload, sign-up or leaderboard. Your last 30 results and personal bests for each test length are stored in your browser's local storage and can be deleted with “Clear.” The address bar contains only your selected settings so you can share them, never your result.