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Learn touch typing — type faster, compete and improve

Touch typing is the skill that quietly pays off everywhere: homework, exams, emails, job applications — everything you'll ever write on a keyboard. When your fingers know where every key lives, you stop hunting for letters and start writing at the speed you think. This test trains exactly that: pick a language and a level, type real words for 60 seconds, and see your true speed in words per minute.

Why practise touch typing instead of just typing? Because two-finger typing caps your speed no matter how much you use it — while touch typing builds muscle memory that keeps improving for life. Studies of typing habits show that typists who keep their eyes on the screen and their fingers anchored on the home row get faster and make fewer mistakes at the same time. The result: essays, notes and messages take half the time, and your attention stays on what you're writing instead of the keyboard.

The test is deliberately simple: choose English, Spanish, French or Italian and one of three difficulty levels — short common words, everyday words with capitals and accents, or long challenging words. The current word plus the next five are always shown ahead as one line, so you can see where the spaces go and plan your fingers. Backspace fixes mistakes while the clock runs, and when the 60 seconds are up you get your score, your mistakes and personal tips based on exactly which words slowed you down.

Compete against yourself — run it again and beat your own score — or against the world: the ten fastest typists of each level make it onto the monthly Wall of Fame. The wall resets every month, so there's always a fresh chance to claim a top spot. No login, no setup, no download: open the page, pick your level and start typing.

Good to know

• The current word plus the next five are always shown ahead as one line, so you can plan the route.
• Words are mostly lowercase — about one in ten starts with a capital, so Shift stays part of the practice.
• Press 'Try again' or 'Quit' during the run and you skip straight to a fresh start — no summary, no tips.
• The Wall of Fame shows the top 10 per level and resets every month.

How it works

1. 1Pick the word language — English, Spanish, French or Italian — from the dropdown.
2. 2Choose your level: Easy, Medium or Hard.
3. 3Press start and type the highlighted words for 60 seconds — press space to submit each word, Backspace fixes mistakes.
4. 4When time's up you get your score and tips — make the monthly top 10 and put your name on the Wall of Fame.

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