Your words per minute updating as you type, with accuracy tracked alongside it
Typing Speed Game measures your words per minute in real time as you type. The standard definition of a word for typing measurement is five characters including spaces, which is why WPM is comparable across different texts. Accuracy is tracked alongside speed, because raw speed with errors is not real speed.
Press Start and begin typing the displayed text.
Your WPM updates live as you type.
Errors are marked as you make them.
Keep typing until the test ends.
Your result shows both WPM and accuracy.
Typing speed and the speed-accuracy balance. Both improve with practice, and for most people accuracy is the more productive thing to work on first. Another typing game to try next: Number Typing.
Touch type if you can. It is the single largest factor in speed and it is learnable at any age.
Look at the screen, never at your hands.
Keep a steady rhythm. Bursts followed by corrections are slower than a constant pace.
Fix your worst keys deliberately. A few keys usually account for a large share of errors.
Around 40 WPM is a common figure for an average adult typist, and professional typists are considerably faster. Measured numbers depend on the text and on whether errors are corrected, so compare against your own history.
Five characters including spaces. That standard is what makes WPM comparable between different passages.
In real work, yes. For a raw speed measure, corrections cost time, which is exactly why accuracy matters so much for effective speed.
Accuracy first, then speed. Speed almost always follows accuracy, and the reverse rarely works.