QWERTY typing test

How it is timed

Pick 30, 60 or 120 seconds and start typing - the clock starts on your first keystroke, not on page load, so reading the passage first costs nothing. A live passage of common English words is generated so no two attempts are identical, which stops memorising the text from inflating the score.

How words per minute is worked out

The standard definition is used: one "word" is five characters, including spaces, whether or not that lines up with an actual word boundary - this is a typing-industry convention, not this tool's own invention, chosen so a test typed in short words and one typed in long words score comparably. WPM = (correct characters typed / 5) / minutes elapsed. Net WPM also subtracts uncorrected errors, which is the number worth comparing between attempts, since raw WPM alone rewards typing fast and wrong over typing carefully.

Accuracy and error highlighting

Every character is checked as you type it: correct characters are marked one way, wrong ones another, so a mistake is visible immediately rather than only in a final score. Backspace is allowed and corrections are counted separately from the original error, so fixing a mistake does not erase the fact that it happened - accuracy reflects everything typed, not just what was left standing at the end.

What is not tracked

Nothing here is recorded or sent anywhere - no account, no leaderboard, no history saved between visits. Each run is a fresh, private measurement of that one attempt.

Related tools

See the character count tool for counting text you have already written rather than timing how it was typed.