5 Minute Typing Test

The test that shows your real speed

Anyone can sprint for 30 seconds. Over five minutes your focus, posture and accuracy all start to matter, which is why this is the number most employers trust. Finish it and you can print a free typing certificate with your score.

Pacing tips

• Start at about 90% of your top speed. A steady pace beats a fast start and a slow finish.
• Keep your shoulders loose and your wrists floating, not resting hard on the desk.
• Check the speed chart afterward. A falling line means stamina is your next goal.

How we score your test

Every serious typing test uses the same unit: one "word" equals five keystrokes, spaces included. That keeps a test fair whether the text is full of short words or long ones. Here is exactly what each number on your results means:

• WPM counts only the characters in words you typed correctly (plus the spaces after them), divided by 5, divided by minutes. This is the headline number and the hardest one to inflate.
• Gross WPM counts every character you typed, right or wrong. The gap between gross and WPM shows how much speed your mistakes cost you.
• Net WPM is gross WPM minus uncorrected errors per minute, the formula many employers and older typing tests use.
• Accuracy is the share of keystrokes that were correct, including ones you later fixed with backspace.
• CPM is correct characters per minute, and keystrokes per hour (KPH) is the figure data entry employers ask for.
• Consistency shows how steady your pace was from second to second. Higher is smoother.
• Errors are wrong, missing and extra letters left in words when you pressed space. A space that skips unfinished letters counts as a wrong keystroke.

Fair on phones: curly quotes and dashes inserted by iPhone and Android keyboards count the same as the plain keys, the test ignores where you tap inside the text, and leaving the page stops the clock instead of ruining your score. Swipe typing and word suggestions are allowed but labeled, because whole words arriving at once is not comparable with typing key by key. Pasted text is ignored.

Other test lengths

• ⏱️30 Second Typing Test30 seconds
• ⏱️1 Minute Typing Test1 minute
• ⏱️2 Minute Typing Test2 minutes
• ⏱️3 Minute Typing Test3 minutes
• ⏱️10 Minute Typing Test10 minutes

Frequently asked questions