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This typing test reports words per minute, where one word counts as five characters, alongside characters per minute, keystrokes per hour and accuracy, over runs of 15, 30 or 60 seconds or a whole passage from one of eight public domain texts.

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Jo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when her little sock fell down because it was crammed so full of goodies. Then she remembered her mother’s promise and, slipping her hand under her pillow, drew out a little crimson-covered book.

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ProseLittle Women, the gray dawn of ChristmasLouisa May Alcott, 1868Jo wakes early on Christmas morning and finds the gift her mother promised.easy363 characters ProseEmma, the view from Donwell AbbeyJane Austen, 1815A summer view of English fields and gardens from the grounds of Donwell Abbey.medium344 characters ProseEmma, the village of HighburyJane Austen, 1815A short portrait of Highbury and of the place the Woodhouse family holds in it.easy428 characters ProsePersuasion, the walk down to the sea at LymeJane Austen, 1818The party from Uppercross settles at an inn in Lyme and goes straight down to the shore.easy260 characters ProsePride and Prejudice, the park at PemberleyJane Austen, 1813Elizabeth drives into the grounds of Pemberley and sees the wood and the rising ground.easy301 characters ProseJane Eyre, morning at ThornfieldCharlotte Bronte, 1847Jane wakes in her new room at Thornfield and finds the light and the furniture cheerful.easy434 characters ProseThe Secret Garden, inside the high wallsFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1911Mary looks at the matted rose stems on the walls of the garden she has just found.easy468 characters ProseThe Secret Garden, a week of sunshineFrances Hodgson Burnett, 1911Mary gives the garden its name and enjoys the feeling of being hidden in it.easy454 characters

ProseAlice in Wonderland, tired on the bankLewis Carroll, 1865Alice sits by her sister on the river bank with nothing to do.easy301 characters ProseThrough the Looking-Glass, a curious countryLewis Carroll, 1871Alice looks out over a country divided into squares by brooks and hedges.easy337 characters ProseA Christmas Carol, the shop windowsCharles Dickens, 1843The grocer's window in the Christmas market, seen through the eyes of a delighted narrator.medium246 characters ProseDavid Copperfield, the flats near YarmouthCharles Dickens, 1850The boy David looks over the flat wet country around Yarmouth and puzzles over its shape.easy347 characters ProseThe Pickwick Papers, morning on Rochester BridgeCharles Dickens, 1836Mr Pickwick leans on a bridge over the Medway and waits for breakfast.easy334 characters ProseSilas Marner, when the spinning wheels hummedGeorge Eliot, 1861The opening of the novel places the weavers in the lanes and hills of an older England.easy389 characters ProseCranford, whatever becomes of the gentlemenElizabeth Gaskell, 1853The narrator notes, with a straight face, that the little town is run by its women.easy215 characters ProseThe Wind in the Willows, a frosty fieldKenneth Grahame, 1908Sheep steam in the frosty air as two travellers hurry past in high spirits.easy293 characters

ProseThe Wind in the Willows, the riverKenneth Grahame, 1908The Mole sees a river for the first time and cannot look away from it.medium410 characters ProseThe Wind in the Willows, spring cleaningKenneth Grahame, 1908The Mole scrubs his house from top to bottom while spring works in the ground above.easy498 characters ProseUnder the Greenwood Tree, singing in the laneThomas Hardy, 1872A man walks up a lane on Christmas Eve, singing about roses, lilies and sheep shearing.easy490 characters ProseFar from the Madding Crowd, a clear skyThomas Hardy, 1874A winter night sky described star by star above Norcombe Hill.easy401 characters ProseFar from the Madding Crowd, the yellow waggonThomas Hardy, 1874Gabriel Oak watches a loaded waggon come down the road from Norcombe.easy444 characters ProseThe House of the Seven Gables, the old houseNathaniel Hawthorne, 1851A wooden house with seven gables and an old elm tree stands in a New England street.easy412 characters ProseThe Sketch Book, fond of new scenesWashington Irving, 1820The narrator remembers exploring his own city as a child and calling it travel.easy435 characters ProseThe Sketch Book, going into the countryWashington Irving, 1820Irving argues that England is found in villages, lanes and fairs rather than in London.easy499 characters

ProseWalden, taking up an abode in the woodsHenry David Thoreau, 1854Thoreau describes moving into his unfinished cabin by the pond.easy383 characters ProseWalden, a summer morning in the doorwayHenry David Thoreau, 1854A morning spent sitting in the sun among pines, birds and stillness.easy430 characters ProseThe Age of Innocence, the old AcademyEdith Wharton, 1920New York society keeps to the shabby boxes of its old opera house rather than build a new one.easy341 characters ProseThe Natural History of Selborne, the parishGilbert White, 1789White fixes the position of his parish by county, distance and latitude.easy393 characters PoetryThe Echoing Green, the sun does ariseWilliam Blake, 1789Bells and birds welcome the spring while the old folk watch the children play.easy483 characters PoetryLaughing Song, when the green woods laughWilliam Blake, 1789Woods, stream, meadows and children all laugh together.easy350 characters PoetrySpring, sound the fluteWilliam Blake, 1789A short song of flutes, birds and children welcoming the new year.medium288 characters PoetryThe Lamb, from Songs of InnocenceWilliam Blake, 1789A child asks a lamb who gave it its wool and its voice.easy308 characters

PoetryHome-Thoughts, from Abroad, April in EnglandRobert Browning, 1845A traveller abroad pictures the first leaves and the chaffinch at home in April.medium251 characters PoetryHome-Thoughts, from Abroad, the wise thrushRobert Browning, 1845May brings the whitethroat, the swallows and a thrush that sings each song twice.easy360 characters PoetryShe walks in beauty, like the nightGeorge Gordon Byron, 1815A woman whose looks join the dark and the bright in one calm light.easy441 characters PoetryKubla Khan, in XanaduSamuel Taylor Coleridge, 1816A pleasure dome, a sacred river and walled gardens in Xanadu.easy404 characters PoetryA bird came down the walkEmily Dickinson, 1890A bird in the garden takes a drink, hops aside for a beetle and flies off.easy452 characters PoetryNature, the gentlest motherEmily Dickinson, 1890Nature treated as a mother who speaks to squirrel, bird and cricket.medium416 characters PoetryPied Beauty, praise for dappled thingsGerard Manley Hopkins, 1877A short poem in praise of everything spotted, streaked and uneven.demanding282 characters PoetrySpring, nothing is so beautiful as springGerard Manley Hopkins, 1877Weeds, thrush eggs, pear blossom and racing lambs in a single rush of spring.easy401 characters

PoetryLoveliest of trees, the cherry nowA. E. Housman, 1896A cherry tree in bloom sets the speaker counting the springs ahead of him.easy403 characters PoetryTo Autumn, season of mistsJohn Keats, 1820Autumn and the sun conspire to load the vines and fill the fruit.easy494 characters PoetryThe Village Blacksmith, under a chestnut treeHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1841A portrait of a blacksmith at his forge, strong of arm and free of debt.easy371 characters PoetryParadise Lost, work for the morningJohn Milton, 1667Adam plans the next day of pruning and tidying in the garden.easy489 characters PoetryParadise Lost, vernal airs in EdenJohn Milton, 1667Birds, breezes and dancing figures in the garden of Eden.easy209 characters PoetryA Birthday, my heart is like a singing birdChristina Rossetti, 1862Four images of a happy heart in one stanza, each brighter than the last.easy269 characters PoetrySonnet 33, full many a glorious morningWilliam Shakespeare, 1609Sunrise gilds the hills and streams, then clouds hide the sun again.easy437 characters PoetryTo a Skylark, hail to thee, blithe spiritPercy Bysshe Shelley, 1820A skylark climbs out of sight and keeps singing above the evening clouds.easy454 characters

PoetryThe Brook, I chatter as I flowAlfred Tennyson, 1855The brook describes its own journey past lawns, hazel covers and swallows.easy482 characters PoetryA noiseless patient spiderWalt Whitman, 1868A spider on a small headland throws out thread after thread into empty space.medium249 characters PoetryThere was a child went forth every dayWalt Whitman, 1855A child becomes whatever he looks at, day after day.easy225 characters PoetryComposed upon Westminster BridgeWilliam Wordsworth, 1807Early morning over London, with ships, towers and domes open to the sky.easy459 characters PoetryI wandered lonely as a CloudWilliam Wordsworth, 1807A crowd of daffodils dances along a lake, outdoing the waves.easy412 characters DramaAs You Like It, all the world's a stageWilliam Shakespeare, 1599Jaques compares the world to a stage and starts through the ages of a life.easy447 characters DramaA Midsummer Night's Dream, a bank of wild thymeWilliam Shakespeare, 1600Oberon describes the bank of flowers where Titania sleeps.easy437 characters DramaA Midsummer Night's Dream, if we shadowsWilliam Shakespeare, 1600Puck closes the play by asking the audience to treat it as a dream.easy490 characters

DramaThe Tempest, our revels now are endedWilliam Shakespeare, 1611Prospero says the show is over and compares it to the world itself.easy454 characters DramaThe Importance of Being Earnest, on the homeOscar Wilde, 1895Gwendolen explains, with a straight face, why the home is the proper sphere for a man.easy333 characters Law and constitutionsBill of Rights: the First AmendmentUnited States Congress, 1791The article that covers religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition in a single sentence.easy454 characters Law and constitutionsBill of Rights: the Fourth AmendmentUnited States Congress, 1791The rule that searches need probable cause and a warrant naming the place and the things.easy332 characters Law and constitutionsDeclaration of Independence: unalienable rightsSecond Continental Congress, 1776The single sentence on equality and unalienable rights that the whole document rests on.easy212 characters Law and constitutionsMagna Carta: the liberties of the citiesKing John of England, 1215The clause granting London and every other town and port their ancient liberties and free customs.easy242 characters Law and constitutionsHuman Rights Declaration, Articles 1 and 2United Nations General Assembly, 1948The two opening articles, on dignity and reason and on rights without distinction.easy431 characters Law and constitutionsUS Constitution, Article III: the courtsConstitutional Convention, 1787The clause that creates the Supreme Court and protects the standing of judges.medium417 characters

Law and constitutionsUS Constitution, Article VI: the supreme lawConstitutional Convention, 1787The supremacy clause, binding judges in every state to the Constitution, federal law and treaties.easy359 characters Law and constitutionsThe Preamble to the United States ConstitutionConstitutional Convention, 1787The opening sentence of the Constitution, naming the people as the source of the new government.medium351 characters Speeches and historySusan B. Anthony: it was we, the peopleSusan B. Anthony, 1873Anthony reads the preamble back to her audience and asks who the words we the people cover.easy318 characters Speeches and historyFaraday: the open door of natural philosophyMichael Faraday, 1861Faraday tells his young audience why a candle is the best way into natural philosophy.easy460 characters Speeches and historyJefferson's First Inaugural: a civic creedThomas Jefferson, 1801Jefferson calls his principles the creed of political faith and the text of civic instruction.easy313 characters Speeches and historyJefferson's First Inaugural: frugal governmentThomas Jefferson, 1801Jefferson's short definition of a government that restrains harm and then leaves people alone.easy377 characters Speeches and historyDeclaration of Sentiments, Seneca FallsElizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848The opening claim of the Seneca Falls declaration, that men and women are created equal.easy337 characters Speeches and historyWashington's Farewell Address: good faithGeorge Washington, 1796A call to keep good faith and justice towards every nation and to set that example.easy399 characters

Speeches and historyWashington's Farewell Address: on knowledgeGeorge Washington, 1796Washington asks the country to build institutions for the general spread of knowledge.easy240 characters ScienceOn the Origin of Species, the slowest breederCharles Darwin, 1859Darwin works out how many elephants would be alive after five centuries of slow breeding.easy456 characters ScienceA candle lecture, fifteen pounds to the inchMichael Faraday, 1861Faraday explains how much the air presses on every square inch of a vessel.easy257 characters ScienceThe candle: the shadow of the flameMichael Faraday, 1861Faraday shows that the darkest part of the shadow answers to the brightest part of the flame.easy460 characters ScienceThe candle: where the oxygen comes fromMichael Faraday, 1861Faraday turns from water to the air, where the oxygen in the flame comes from.easy253 characters ScienceThe candle: why the wick does not burn awayMichael Faraday, 1861Faraday explains that melted fuel running down the wick puts the flame out.easy451 characters Fables and talesThe Fox and the GrapesAesop, 1867The fox cannot reach the grapes and decides they must be sour.easy474 characters Fables and talesThe Hare and the TortoiseAesop, 1867The hare mocks the tortoise, agrees to a race, and the tortoise keeps a steady pace.easy488 characters

Fables and talesThe Milkmaid and Her PailAesop, 1867A girl carries milk and counts eggs, chickens and a new gown before she has any of them.easy449 characters Fables and talesThe North Wind and the SunAesop, 1867The wind and the sun compete over a traveller's cloak, and warmth wins.easy468 characters Fables and talesAlice in Wonderland: down the rabbit holeLewis Carroll, 1865Alice follows the rabbit and falls down a very deep well.easy329 characters Fables and talesAlice in Wonderland: the little doorLewis Carroll, 1865Alice finds a low curtain, a little door behind it, and a key that fits at last.easy230 characters Fables and talesThe Emperor's New ClothesHans Christian Andersen, 1837Two impostors arrive in the city and offer to weave cloth that only the worthy can see.easy264 characters Fables and talesThe Wind in the Willows: on the riverKenneth Grahame, 1908Mole drifts in the boat while the Water Rat rows on without disturbing him.easy431 characters Fables and talesFour little children who went round the worldEdward Lear, 1871The first days of the voyage, with fish for dinner and a happy party on board.easy352 characters Fables and talesLear's island with a single tall treeEdward Lear, 1871The children reach an island made of water surrounded by earth, with one tree on it.easy335 characters

Fables and talesThe Tale of Peter Rabbit: the old mouseBeatrix Potter, 1902Peter asks an old mouse the way to the gate, and she cannot answer with a pea in her mouth.easy269 characters ExercisesBritannica 1911: old English standardsEncyclopaedia Britannica, 1911A list of old English and Scottish measuring standards with the year of each.demanding315 characters ExercisesNotes on Virginia: the Great Miami in figuresThomas Jefferson, 1785Widths, distances and portages of the Great Miami and the Salt River.easy496 characters ExercisesNotes on Virginia: the Illinois and a portageThomas Jefferson, 1785Jefferson describes the Illinois and the two mile portage to the Chicago river.medium462 characters ExercisesNotes on Virginia: the MississippiThomas Jefferson, 1785A description of the great river below the mouth of the Missouri, with depths and widths.easy424 characters ExercisesHuman Rights Declaration, Article 23 on workUnited Nations General Assembly, 1948The three opening clauses of the article on work, equal pay and fair remuneration.easy459 characters ExercisesHuman Rights Declaration, Articles 19 to 21United Nations General Assembly, 1948Three numbered articles on expression, assembly and association.easy394 characters ExercisesHuman Rights Declaration: care and schoolingUnited Nations General Assembly, 1948The end of article twenty five and the opening of the right to education.easy477 characters

ExercisesUS Constitution: how a bill becomes lawConstitutional Convention, 1787The clause describing what happens to a bill once both chambers have passed it.easy382 characters ExercisesUS Constitution: how the electors votedConstitutional Convention, 1787The original rule for how electors voted and sent their lists to the Senate.easy417 characters ExercisesUS Constitution: seats in the first HouseConstitutional Convention, 1787The clause that fixed the number of seats each state held in the first House.demanding473 characters

Where these numbers come from

One word means five characters, which is the convention every typing test uses, so a result here compares with a result elsewhere. Words per minute counts only characters that ended up correct. Raw speed counts everything. Accuracy is the share of keys hit right on the first try, so a Backspace repair saves the text but not that number.

Who this is for

For anyone who needs a number to work against: a first measurement before learning to touch type, a check after switching keyboard or layout, or a warm up before a day of writing.

How to read the result

Read accuracy before speed. Above ninety seven per cent, the pace grows on its own, without watching it. Below ninety five, the pace is borrowed and comes back as corrections. The error map says more than the total: one dark key almost always means one finger reaches differently than you think, and that habit changes over a few calm sessions.

Layouts, standards and units on this page

ISO/IEC 9995: ISO/IEC 9995 is the standard that numbers the key positions and defines the 105 key arrangement used across Europe, where the Enter key is tall and the left Shift is short.
ANSI, QWERTZ, AZERTY: ANSI refers to the 104 key arrangement common in the United States, with a wide Enter and a backslash key above it. QWERTZ is the German variant, AZERTY the French one, and the Polish programmer layout keeps the ANSI arrangement and adds nine letters on the right Alt level.
WPM, CPM, KPH: WPM means words per minute, counting one word as five characters. CPM means characters per minute. KPH means keystrokes per hour, which is CPM multiplied by sixty and the figure used in German language job adverts.
Dvorak, Colemak: Dvorak and Colemak are alternative letter arrangements designed to shorten finger travel. This site does not draw them yet: the five layouts above are the ones it gets right, and naming a layout it cannot draw would be worse than leaving it out.

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ToolKeyboard testPress any key to check your keyboard. Keys you have already pressed stay marked, so you can see what is left. ArticleISO vs ANSI Keyboard Layout Differences ExplainedEnter shape, left Shift width, one extra key and the backslash position: 105 keys against 104, and what that costs at the keycap shop. TextLittle Women, the gray dawn of ChristmasJo wakes early on Christmas morning and finds the gift her mother promised.

Updated: 2026-08-08

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