Test your typing — then actually get faster
This free typing speed test does three things in one place. The Test tab measures your words per minute (WPM) and accuracy on a clean, distraction-free screen. The Learn tab teaches proper touch typing with step-by-step lessons and an on-screen keyboard that shows you the next key and the correct finger. The Games tab turns practice into something you'll actually want to repeat.
Whether you're a student, a gamer, a coder or someone who just wants to stop hunting for keys, the path is the same: test where you are, learn the right finger habits, and practise until speed becomes automatic. Everything runs in your browser, free and without a signup, and your best scores are saved on your own device.
How to use it
- Open the Test tab, pick a time (15–120s) and a mode (words, punctuation, numbers, a quote, or your own text).
- Click the text area and start typing — the timer begins on your first keystroke.
- Check your WPM, accuracy and personal best, then hit Restart to try again.
- Switch to Learn to drill the keys with finger guidance, or Games to practise the fun way.
How WPM and accuracy are calculated
One "word" is counted as five characters, the standard used everywhere. We take your correctly typed characters, divide by five, and divide by the time in minutes to get your net WPM. Raw WPM counts everything you typed, including mistakes, so the gap between raw and net shows how much errors are slowing you down. Accuracy is the share of keystrokes you got right. Because only correct characters count toward net WPM, slowing down slightly to type accurately almost always makes you faster overall.
Learn to touch type the right way
Touch typing means typing without looking, using all ten fingers. Start with the home row — left fingers on A, S, D, F and right fingers on J, K, L and semicolon. The F and J keys have small bumps so you can find them by feel. The Learn lessons build up in order: home row, top row, bottom row, capitals with Shift, numbers, symbols, common words and finally full sentences. The on-screen keyboard highlights the next key and colour-codes each finger, so you train correct habits from the start instead of memorising bad ones.
Tips to type faster
Keep your wrists relaxed and your eyes on the screen, not the keyboard. Prioritise accuracy first — speed follows once the movements are muscle memory. Practise a little every day rather than one long session, use real words and sentences instead of random letters, and don't be afraid to slow down on tricky combinations. Most people add 10–20 WPM within a few weeks of regular practice.
Is it free and private?
Completely. There's no signup, no limits and no ads inside the test itself. Nothing you type is uploaded — the whole tool runs locally in your browser, and your best scores and finished lessons are stored only in your own browser's local storage.