How to use the typing speed test
This typing speed test gives you a short passage in English and a box to type it into. The 60-second timer starts with your first keystroke, so take a moment to read the opening words and place your fingers on the home row before you begin. Type the text exactly as shown, including capital letters, punctuation and spaces.
As you go, each character you type is checked against the passage. Correct characters turn green, and mistakes are marked in red with an underline, so you can spot a slip the moment it happens. When the minute is up, typing stops and your results appear. Press the restart button to get a fresh run and try again.
What the test measures
Three numbers come out of every run:
| Metric | What it means |
|---|---|
| CPM | Correct characters typed per minute — the main readout |
| WPM | Correct characters divided by five, per minute |
| Accuracy | Share of typed characters that matched the passage |
The “divide by five” rule is the long-standing convention for words per minute. Real words vary in length, so counting every five characters (spaces included) as one word keeps scores comparable between different passages. Because only correct characters are counted, hammering the keys without care does not inflate your WPM; it just drags your accuracy down.
If you use an input method editor for another language, the test waits until composition is finished before it scores a character, so half-built characters are never marked wrong.
Reading your results and improving
A single run is a snapshot. Do three or four and look at the typical result rather than your best one. Accuracy matters more than it seems: at 95% you are making roughly one error every twenty characters, and in everyday writing each of those means stopping to fix it.
To get faster, slow down first. Aim for 97% accuracy or better, keep your eyes on the screen instead of the keyboard, and let each finger own its keys. Short daily sessions of ten minutes build muscle memory far better than one long session a week. When your accuracy holds steady, push the pace a little, and you will see your WPM climb over a few weeks.