How to take the typing test
- Choose a test length: 30 sec, 1 min, 2 min or 5 min.
- Choose a difficulty: Easy, Medium or Hard.
- Start typing the passage in the box below it. The timer starts with your first key press.
- Follow the colours: correct letters turn green, mistakes turn red and the next letter is underlined. The passage scrolls along as you type.
- Read your results when the time runs out: words per minute, raw WPM, accuracy and errors. Press Restart to try the same passage again, or New passage for a different one.
Features
- Four test lengths from a 30 second sprint to a 5 minute endurance test.
- Three difficulty levels. Easy passages use short, everyday words; medium adds punctuation and longer sentences; hard includes numbers, symbols, capitals and even a line of code.
- Live feedback on every character, with the next letter underlined.
- Standard WPM (5 characters per word) plus raw WPM.
- Honest accuracy that remembers corrected mistakes, and a separate count of errors still in the text.
- Original passages, with enough text that even very fast typists won't run out before the timer ends.
- Pasting is blocked, so every result reflects real typing.
- Works on phones and tablets, with autocorrect and auto-capitals turned off in the typing box.
Why use Fileora for your typing test
Fileora's typing test is quick to start: no sign-up and nothing to install. Your typing stays in your browser. Because the test runs locally, there's no lag between your key press and the colour change, even on a slow connection.
If you type in Urdu as well, try the Urdu typing test, which uses the same scoring so you can compare your speeds. To count the words in your own writing, use the word counter, and to fix text typed with Caps Lock on, the case converter can help.
How to type faster
Accuracy first, then speed. Every mistake costs you the wrong key, a backspace and the right key. Typists who slow down slightly and make fewer errors usually finish with a higher WPM than those who rush.
Keep your fingers on the home row. Rest your left fingers on A, S, D, F and your right fingers on J, K, L and the semicolon, with your thumbs on the space bar. Most keyboards have small bumps on F and J so you can find them without looking.
Look at the screen, not the keys. Glancing down breaks your rhythm and makes you lose your place in the passage. If you can't yet type without looking, practise with the easy passages until your fingers remember where the letters are.
Practise little and often. Ten minutes a day improves speed faster than one long session a week. Take a 1 minute test at the start, practise, then repeat the test to see your progress.
Understanding your results
Your WPM already has uncorrected mistakes taken out, so it's a fair measure of useful typing. Compare it with your raw WPM: if raw WPM is much higher, you're typing quickly but spending too much time fixing errors. If your accuracy is below 90%, drop to an easier level for a while. Hard passages are meant to be slower, so expect a lower score there, especially with the numbers and symbols.