What is Typing Speed Test?

Typing Speed Test measures your typing speed in words per minute with detailed accuracy metrics. Take a standardized test with common English passages and track your improvement over time.

Pick a duration of 30 seconds, 1, 2, or 5 minutes and a difficulty of Easy, Medium, or Hard. Either click Start or just begin typing in the box — the timer launches on your first keystroke either way. Prefer to drill specific material? Tick "Use my own text" and paste a passage to type that instead. Mistyped characters highlight in rose so you can self-correct on the fly, and a live graph charts your speed second by second as you go. When the time's up you'll see net and gross WPM, raw CPM, accuracy, and a consistency score, plus a breakdown of the exact keys, letter pairs, and words you fumbled so you know what to practise next. A Retry button re-runs the same text, your personal best is saved per duration, and a small trend chart tracks your WPM across recent runs so you can watch yourself improve.

How to use

1. Pick a test duration (30 seconds, 1, 2, or 5 minutes) and a difficulty (Easy, Medium, or Hard), then either click Start or just begin typing in the box.
2. Type the displayed text as quickly and accurately as possible. The timer counts down automatically.
3. Review your results: net and gross WPM, accuracy, CPM, and a consistency score, plus a breakdown of the keys, pairs, and words you missed and a chart of your speed over time. Repeated runs build a progress trend you can track.

When to use

• Benchmarking your speed before applying for transcription or customer-support roles.
• Practising daily 1-minute drills to push past a plateau at 60 WPM.
• Comparing accuracy on a new mechanical keyboard versus your old membrane board.

Result

An office worker takes a 1-minute typing test and scores 82 WPM with 96% accuracy, placing them in the 'above average' category.

FAQ

What's a good WPM for a regular office job?

Average adult typing speed is around 40 WPM. Office work usually expects 50-60 WPM, while professional transcriptionists clear 75+ WPM. Net WPM (accuracy-adjusted) below 30 means you'd benefit from formal lessons or daily touch-typing practice.

What's the difference between gross WPM and net WPM?

Gross WPM counts every keystroke you typed at a rate of 5 characters per word, regardless of mistakes. Net WPM is the same number with errors subtracted, so it reflects how fast you produce usable text rather than raw key presses.

Is a 5-minute test more accurate than a 1-minute test?

A 1-minute test catches your burst speed, often inflated by familiar phrases. A 5-minute test reveals sustained pace and shows how fatigue affects accuracy. Pros tend to drop 5-10 WPM between the two, so 5 minutes gives a more realistic working baseline.

Does the passage I see change every time?

Yes. The tool draws a random English passage from a built-in list each time you press Start, so you can't memorise a single text. Results stay comparable because every passage uses common vocabulary and similar character mix.

Where is my personal best stored?

Your best WPM and accuracy per duration are saved in your tab's local storage. They stick across visits on the same browser and device but won't sync if you switch to a different machine. Clearing site data resets the records.

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