Typing guides

What counts as a good typing speed depends on what you type for. See the commonly cited WPM ranges and how to read your own number.

Words per minute counts correct characters, divides by five and scales to a minute. See how speed, raw speed, accuracy and consistency are worked out.

Raw WPM counts everything you typed. Net WPM counts only what ended up correct. Learn what the gap between them tells you about your typing.

Typing consistency measures how even your speed was from second to second. Learn what the percentage means and how a steadier rhythm helps.

The five whytyping tiers and what each one needs. Every tier has a speed minimum and an accuracy minimum, and a run must meet both.

A tour of the whytyping result screen: speed, accuracy, the second-by-second graph, the mistake heatmap, slowest letter pairs and the smart drill.

Touch typing means typing by feel, with every finger assigned to its own keys and your eyes on the screen. Here is how it works and why it helps.

The home row is the middle row of letters where your fingers rest between keystrokes. Learn which finger sits on which key and how to find it by feel.

Which finger presses which key on a QWERTY keyboard, listed finger by finger, including Shift, space, numbers and the keys people get wrong.

Break the habit of looking down while you type. Anchor on the home row bumps, accept a slow week and let errors on screen guide your hands.

Hunt and peck uses a few fingers and your eyes. Touch typing uses all fingers by feel. An honest comparison, and how to decide whether to switch.

Learn the number row and common symbols without looking: which finger reaches each digit, how to use Shift, and how to practise them.

QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ, Dvorak and Colemak compared: where each is used, how they differ and whether switching layout is worth the effort.

Type faster by fixing your weakest keys, keeping your eyes on the text and practising in short daily sessions. Seven habits, in order.

Improve typing accuracy by slowing down, finding the keys you miss most and drilling them. A clear method with targets you can measure.

A simple daily typing routine: warm up, measure, drill your weak keys and finish with a longer run. Ten minutes, with a weekly check.

Learning the key positions takes a few weeks of short daily practice for most people. See the stages, what slows progress and what speeds it up.

Ten typing habits that hold people back, from drifting hands to rushing easy words, and a simple fix for each one.

Type faster on a phone keyboard with two thumbs, a steady grip and less correcting. Practical habits for touchscreen typing, and how to measure them.

A comfortable typing setup: chair and desk height, screen position, relaxed wrists and regular breaks. General comfort advice, not medical guidance.

A whytyping streak counts the days in a row you practised. See what qualifies, when the day changes, how freezes are earned and where the streak is stored.