Typing Speed Test
Usage Tips
Find the keys that cause mistakes before chasing a higher score
Begin with the 60-second normal test and type at a relaxed pace, then compare accuracy and errors alongside WPM. Once accuracy stays consistent, move to the two-minute focus test or harder prompts. Use WPM as the main English benchmark and CPM as a supporting measure, and establish a fresh baseline whenever you switch keyboards or devices.
What is Typing Speed Test?
The Typing Speed Test counts Korean consonant and vowel keystrokes and aligns the typed text with the prompt to calculate net CPM, WPM, accuracy, and current errors in real time. Inserted, omitted, and substituted characters are handled without marking every following character as wrong. It supports Korean, English, and mixed prompts with timed, prompt-completion, and free-typing modes.
How to Use
- 1Choose Timed Test, Prompt Completion, or Free Typing, then select a language and difficulty.
- 2For timed or free typing, choose 30, 60, or 120 seconds, or enter a custom duration from 10 to 300 seconds.
- 3Type the first character to start the timer automatically. The prompt marks correct characters, errors, and the current typing position.
- 4Use Backspace to correct mistakes while watching CPM, WPM, accuracy, and the remaining time or characters update live.
- 5When time expires or the prompt is completed, review the rating and detailed metrics, copy the result, or compare it with recent records.
Reference Knowledge
- ●CPM means Characters Per Minute. For Korean, the test counts initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants as keystrokes, including the component strokes of compound vowels and final consonants. English letters, numbers, punctuation, and spaces each count as one stroke.
- ●WPM means Words Per Minute. Typing tests commonly standardize one word as five characters instead of counting space-separated dictionary words. This makes results more comparable when prompts contain words of very different lengths. English tests use net WPM as the main score and show CPM as a supporting measure.
- ●Accuracy compares aligned typing strokes rather than characters at fixed indexes. An insertion, omission, or substitution counts as one current error, and matching resumes after that edit so one missing character does not make the rest of the prompt appear incorrect. Correcting the text with Backspace recalculates both accuracy and errors.
- ●Timing begins with the first typed character, so time spent reading the prompt or focusing the input is excluded. Prompt Completion ends when the final character matches the prompt. Timed tests stop automatically at the selected duration and include the input entered immediately before the timer expires.
- ●Typing scores can vary with keyboard layout and key travel, screen size, mobile input assistance, browser behavior, prompt difficulty, and familiarity with the vocabulary. For useful progress tracking, compare several tests completed on the same device with the same duration and a similar difficulty.
- ●Pushing for speed too early often creates tension and repeated errors on the same keys. Build a stable accuracy level first, notice which letter combinations slow you down, and increase the duration gradually. This produces a pace that is easier to maintain in real writing tasks.
FAQ
Q.Should I use WPM or CPM to compare my typing speed?
Use WPM as the main benchmark for English and CPM as the main benchmark for Korean. WPM converts every five correct characters into one standardized word, while CPM shows the number of correct characters typed per minute. The test displays both so you can compare results across different practice systems.
Q.Why does the WPM result differ from the number of actual words I typed?
Standard typing tests treat five characters as one word to reduce the effect of unusually short or long vocabulary. If you type 250 correct characters in one minute, the result is 50 WPM regardless of how many space-separated words appear in the prompt. This convention makes different prompts easier to compare.
Q.Does correcting a mistake with Backspace improve accuracy?
Yes. Accuracy and errors are calculated from the text currently in the input. Removing an incorrect character and entering the correct one reduces the error count and raises accuracy. The time spent making the correction remains part of the test, so the final speed still reflects the cost of the mistake.
Q.Which test mode should I choose?
Use a 60-second timed test for a repeatable speed benchmark. Choose Prompt Completion to practice maintaining accuracy through an entire passage, or Free Typing when you only want to measure the pace of text you create yourself. A 30-second test works well for warmups, while 120 seconds gives a better view of sustained focus.
Q.Why is pasting disabled in the typing area?
A typing score is meaningful only when the text is entered through actual keyboard input. Pasting an entire passage would produce an unrealistic speed and accuracy result, so paste events are blocked in the test input. The separate Copy Result action remains available for sharing completed scores.
