Measure your typing speed in WPM and accuracy with real-time feedback and stats.
Click begin and type the displayed text as fast as you can.
Focus on both speed and accuracy while typing the passage.
See your words per minute, accuracy, and error count.
Most people find this tool when a job application asks for a typing speed, or when they wonder whether they are still hunting for keys. A passage appears with a timer; each keystroke is compared against it, and when time runs out you get a words-per-minute score, an accuracy percentage, and a net WPM that combines the two. The surprise is how much accuracy matters: a careless 80 WPM at 90% accuracy nets 72, exactly what a clean 72 WPM scores at 100% accuracy. Type steadily, not frantically.
A concrete input and expected output from the current implementation.
Input
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog and the five boxing wizards watch the gypsy jugglers juggle seven crystal balls under the bright noon sun while the curious cat watches from a nearby fence post atop
Expected output
41 WPM gross | 97.6% accuracy | 40.0 WPM net (60-second run)
Typing this passage for 60 seconds, a user reached 205 keystrokes, 5 of them mismatches. One word counts as five keystrokes, so 205/5 = 41 gross WPM. Accuracy is correct over total keystrokes: 200/205 = 97.6%. Net WPM is gross times accuracy: 41 x 200/205 = 40.0. The passage runs 209 characters, so the timer, not the finish line, ends this run.
The timer runs while you type the passage shown on screen, and each keystroke is compared with the passage character by character. One word counts as five keystrokes; spaces count as keystrokes too, so gross WPM is keystrokes typed divided by five, divided by minutes elapsed. Accuracy is the share of keystrokes that matched the passage, and net WPM is gross WPM times accuracy: errors cost you twice.
You pick a test length, usually 15 seconds to two minutes, and start typing; a running WPM figure updates as you go, and a cursor shows where you are in the passage. The test ends when the timer expires or you finish the passage, whichever comes first. The final screen shows gross WPM, accuracy, net WPM, and how the run compares with your past runs.
Average adult typing speed is around 40 WPM, roughly 55 for touch typists; 60+ is comfortably fast, and many jobs that quote a requirement ask for 50-70. But the requirement is usually net speed, so 75 gross WPM at 90% accuracy nets 67.5. Benchmark your own trend rather than a universal number.
Yes, in the standard keystroke model. The mistaken keystroke already happened and counts against accuracy, and the backspace itself is another keystroke. Some tools count only the characters that end up wrong, but either way the error happened; correcting keeps the passage on track, which is usually worth it. The safest strategy is a steady, deliberate pace: accuracy drags net WPM down more than raw speed lifts it.
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