Typing Test

How to use

1. Choose English or 한글, and a test length of 15, 30 or 60 seconds.
2. Click the text box and start typing the sample shown above it — the timer starts on your first keystroke.
3. Watch WPM (or 타수 for Korean) and accuracy update live as you type.
4. When the time runs out, see your result, tier and personal best for this test length.
5. Press Restart or Esc to try again with a fresh sample.

How WPM and accuracy are calculated

Words per minute uses the standard convention: one "word" equals five typed characters, so "a 25-character line" counts as 5 words regardless of actual word boundaries. Only correctly typed characters count toward speed — a typo does not inflate your score, but it is still counted against accuracy, which is correct characters divided by all characters you typed (correct and incorrect). Characters you have not reached yet are ignored entirely. If you finish the sample text before time runs out, your result is still calculated from the time you actually spent, so very fast typists are scored fairly too.

Why pasting is blocked and Korean input just works

Pasting the sample defeats the point of a typing test, so paste is disabled in the input box — you have to actually type it. For Korean, the box reads the native input value the browser already assembles from your IME, instead of intercepting individual keydown events. That avoids a known class of bugs where fast jamo composition (e.g. ㅘ, ㄺ, ㅆ) gets dropped or miscounted by typing tests that try to rebuild Hangul composition themselves.

What counts as a good typing speed

For English, casual typing is usually around 40 WPM, 60 WPM or higher is considered a strong typist, and 80+ WPM is fast for most people — professional typists can exceed 100 WPM. These are the benchmarks the tier shown after each test is based on.

Frequently asked questions