Typing Tests by Passage, Length and Level

All but two of these tests score net words per minute with accuracy, so their results compare. The two are stopwatches, 26 keys timed to a hundredth of a second: type the alphabet A to Z, or in keyboard order.

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0–9, A 8

1 Minute Typing TestType the passage for one minute and read your words per minute and accuracy. The Key Under the Doorstep · The Engine Goes Off With a Bang · Father Can Mend Anything
2 Minute Typing Test on Alice's Adventures in WonderlandType the passage for two minutes; the clock starts with your first key. Eat Me · Latitude and Longitude · Drink Me
10 Minute Typing Test on A Christmas CarolType the passage for ten minutes; the clock starts with your first key. God Bless You, Merry Gentleman · The Chain I Forged in Life · Christmas Time, When It Has Come Round
15 Second Typing TestType the words for fifteen seconds and read your words per minute. kit · gem · flute
30 Second Typing Test on the First Lines of Classic NovelsType the opening for 30 seconds; the clock starts with your first key. Wuthering Heights (1847) · Jane Eyre (1847) · A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
Aesop's Fables Typing TestType a fable from a 1912 translation and see your words per minute and accuracy. The Lark and the Farmer · The Dog and the Shadow · The Bat and the Weasels
Asdfghjkl;'Type A to L along the home row, and get your time and every key's split. GH · JKL · ASDF
Astronaut Typing TestType an astronaut's own account of his 1963 flight and see your words per minute. Reentry and the Drogue Parachute · Starting From Scratch · Weightless in the Seat

B–H 10

Bible Typing TestType Psalm 23 in the King James Version, then see your words per minute and accuracy. For I Am Persuaded (Romans 8:38-39) · Ask, and It Shall Be Given (Matthew 7:7-12) · A Time to Every Purpose (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
Dracula Typing TestType the novel's opening lines: Jonathan Harker's journal for 3 May, Munich to Bistritz. A Full-Blown Solicitor · The Count's Letter · The Dogs Are Too Fierce
Fairy Tales Typing TestType a tale from its first line to the first turn of the story. Little Red-Cap · The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage · The Hare and the Hedgehog
Five Minute Typing Test on The Wind in the WillowsType the passage for five minutes; the clock starts with your first key. Ratty, I Want to Row · Beyond the Wild Wood · Hullo, Mole!
Funny Typing TestType a limerick to its last line, then see your words per minute and accuracy. The Old Man Who Supposed · The Weather Forecast · Dictionary, Proof-reader and Type
Gettysburg Address Typing TestType the Address, starting at Four score and seven years ago. First Inaugural Address of 1801: we are all Republicans · The Gettysburg Address (Bliss copy) · Declaration of Independence: these truths (1776)
Hardest Typing Test on This SiteType words of up to 23 letters; pick odd spellings or brackets under More options. Chemistry Homework · Brackets and Marks · The Specialists' Corridor
How Fast Can You Type Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm?Type the letters in keyboard order, Q to M, and get your time and every key's split. QWERTYUIOP · ASDFGHJKL · ZXCVBNM
How Fast Can You Type the Alphabet? A to Z Against the ClockType a to z as fast as you can, and see which letters cost you the most time. P · Y · S
Huckleberry Finn Typing TestType the book's first paragraph as Huck spells it. A Regular Summer Storm · She Would Sivilize Me · A Real Bully Circus

M–T 13

Mechanical Keyboard Typing TestType the same passage on each keyboard, then compare WPM and accuracy. Inside a Key Switch · Swapping Switches · Rollover by the Numbers
Poem Typing TestFourteen whole poems to type, from eight lines by Emily Dickinson to thirty-three by John Keats. The New Colossus (1883) · If (1910) · Barter (1917)
The Quick Brown Fox Typing TestType the fox sentence and 29 more pangrams, each using every letter of the alphabet.
Russian Typing TestSwitch your keyboard to Russian and type the story; е stands for ё throughout. Он спустил курок · Голодная волчиха встала · Уже рассвело и взошло солнце
Science Typing TestType a passage of real science prose, Latin names, figures and semicolons included. Five Pints of Air · The Entangled Bank · A Pint of Water
Spanish Typing Test on the First Chapter of Don QuijoteType Don Quijote in Spanish; every accent, ñ, ¿ and ¡ must be exact. Lost in Books · The Reason of Unreason · A Knight Errant
Three Minute Typing Test on Long Passages From Two Classic NovelsType real prose in this 3 minute typing test, or set 5 or 10 minutes. Montmorency Objects · Mrs. Bennet's Poor Nerves · A Truth Universally Acknowledged
Tongue Twister Typing TestType a whole tongue twister, then read your accuracy and words per minute. Three Short Twisters · The Tutor · Kimbo Kemble
Typewriter TestType what trainee typists copied in 1894 and 1917, word for word. The qualifications of the marshal · I endeavored to puzzle the ex-spy · Letter: the net not yet delivered
Typing Speed Test Ten SecondsType the proverbs for ten seconds; the clock starts with your first key. Where there's a will there's a way. · The first step is always the hardest. · Out of sight, out of mind.
Typing Test for KidsType short lines in the box for one minute: letters, short words or sentences. quite quiet quilt · Who took my left sock? · Do bees ever take a nap?
Typing Test No Punctuation, No CapitalsType the lowercase passage; the clock starts with your first key. Learning to Swim Late · A Walk by the River · Seeds on the Windowsill
Typing Test UKType British English as printed: colour, centre and the pound sign all count. Tea at Half Past Three · A Licence to Practise · The Market Stall

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What changes is the text and the length. Take the pangram in the quick brown fox test, settle into two, three, five or ten minutes on a classic book, or read a fable by Aesop as you type it. There is a plainer test for children and a hard one of long words. Every passage is in the public domain or written for this site, and what you type is never sent anywhere. For the standard one-minute test with common words, use the typing speed test. Bests are saved in this browser, one for each test.

0–9, A 8

B–H 10

M–T 13

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