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When I first started, I was typing around 52 words per minute. After practicing on practiceforatypingtest.com, I improved...
44 WPM at first test98 WPM nowafter 1,204 minutes of practice
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Target: 30 WPM at 93% accuracy
Just start typing. Your speed and accuracy update as you go, and a full report appears the moment you finish. Nothing is timed until your first keystroke.
The timer starts on your first keystroke. Press Escape to pause where pausing is allowed. Pasting is disabled.
- abc Correct
- abc Incorrect (wavy underline)
- abc Corrected (dotted underline)
- abc Missed (struck through)
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Underlined keys are the home row. Use the opposite hand for Shift where you can. QWERTY (US) layout.
You can practise on a phone or tablet, but a physical keyboard gives a far more accurate WPM measurement. On-screen keyboards add their own delay.
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- Every mistake listed: the key you meant, the key you hit, and the word it happened in.
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- Consistency: where you sped up, where you stalled, and by how much.
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Questions People Ask
How can I practise for a typing test?
Work in short, regular sessions rather than long occasional ones. Start with a timed test to find your baseline, then split your practice between accuracy drills, weak-key work and short speed sprints. Finish each session with one clean timed test at the duration your real test will use, and read the mistake report before you close the page.
What is a good typing speed?
Around 40 words per minute is typical for someone comfortable with a keyboard. Most office and administrative roles look for 45 to 60 WPM, data-entry and transcription roles often ask for 60 to 80, and 80 or more is considered fast. Accuracy matters just as much: 60 WPM at 98% accuracy is more useful than 75 WPM at 88%.
Is 40 WPM good?
40 WPM is a solid, workable speed and above the average for people who have never trained deliberately. It is enough for most general office work. If you are applying for a data-entry or clerical role, check the advertised requirement, since some employers set 50 or 60 WPM as a minimum with 95% accuracy or better.
How is typing accuracy calculated?
Accuracy is the number of characters you typed correctly on the first attempt divided by the total number of characters you typed, expressed as a percentage. Correcting a mistake with backspace still counts as a mistake for accuracy purposes, though it no longer counts against your net WPM once the correct character is in place.
Should I focus on speed or accuracy first?
Accuracy first. Errors cost more than slow keystrokes: each uncorrected mistake is subtracted from your net WPM, and correcting mistakes takes time as well. Type at a pace where you can stay above 95% accuracy, then push the speed gradually. Speed built on sloppy technique tends to plateau quickly.
Can I practise without creating an account?
Yes. Every lesson, test and practice mode works without an account. As a guest your recent results and preferences are stored in your own browser, so they stay on your device and disappear if you clear your browsing data. Creating an account simply moves that history to the site so it survives across browsers and devices.
Does the typing test work on mobile?
It does, and the layout adapts to small screens. However, an on-screen keyboard introduces its own delay and prediction, so a WPM measured on a phone is not comparable to one measured on a physical keyboard. Use a laptop or an external keyboard when you want a figure you can quote or compare.
How can I improve my weak keys?
Finish a test, open the mistake review, and note which keys appear most often. The weak-key practice mode does this automatically: it reads the keys you have been missing and selects lessons from the built-in library whose text is dense in those characters. Numbers, punctuation and capital letters are the three most common problem areas.
What type of text appears in typing tests?
Most tests use ordinary prose: common words, everyday punctuation and sentences of moderate length. Employer tests often add material closer to the job, such as business correspondence, addresses, prices or reference numbers. This site includes all of those as separate categories so you can practise the style you will actually face.
Which typing test will an employer give me?
It depends on the role. Employers commonly use a general pre-employment test of one to five minutes, a data-entry test scored in keystrokes per hour, a 10-key numeric test, or a role-specific test built from the material you would actually type, such as dispatch logs, clinical notes or legal citations. This site has 17 role-specific practice pages that each state the speed and accuracy usually expected, so you can practise the right test rather than a generic one.
Can I practise numbers and punctuation separately?
Yes. There are dedicated number, data-entry, punctuation and symbol categories, plus coding passages that combine brackets, semicolons and indentation. These are the areas most people neglect, and they are usually where a data-entry test is won or lost.