TypeBurst

Free Typing Certificate

Take a timed test of 1, 2 or 5 minutes, then print the result as a dated record or save it as a PDF. No account, no email address, no fee.

By the TypeBurst team at FusionStudios. Published . How TypeBurst measures.

Take the test above at 1, 2 or 5 minutes. When the timer ends, the results screen links to a printable record of that run with your words per minute, net WPM, accuracy, characters per minute, keystrokes per hour, the test length, the date and the methodology version. Print it or save it as a PDF. It is self-generated and not proctored: it shows a score, it does not prove one.

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Start typing, the clock starts on your first keyStart typing to start the clockTap the words to start typing

Copy the words shown on screen. The timer starts with your first keystroke, and a space moves you to the next word. Finalised words cannot be corrected, and pasting is blocked. Press Escape, or Tab then Enter, to start over.

Tab then Enter or Esc to restart, / to focusA physical keyboard gives a comparable score.

No personal best yet at 1 min

Words come from the standard list of 240 common English words, reshuffled every run, so the test measures your typing rather than your vocabulary. Sample from this list: only house city page end take know more were over animal letter most each.

Keyboard shortcuts

Esc
Start over with new words
Tab then Enter
Start over without reaching for the mouse
/
Jump to the test from anywhere on the page
1 to 3
Choose the length (1 min, 2 min, 5 min) before a run, while focus is on the test. Press Tab first if the cursor is in the words.
Space
Finish the word and move to the next
Backspace
Fix the word you are on; finished words stay as typed
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Show this list, while focus is on the test. Press Tab first if the cursor is in the words.

Use your own text

The test will type this text instead of the word list, from the start again if you reach the end. It goes into the link of this page, so you can send it to someone, and it is never uploaded or stored. Runs on your own text do not change your personal best.

Paste or type at least 3 words, up to 2,000 characters.

Accents come off their letters, curly quotes and long dashes become plain ones, and characters a standard keyboard cannot type are left out. Line breaks become spaces.

Plenty of sites will give you a typing certificate, and most of them want something first: an account, an email address, or a fee for the version without a watermark. This one asks for nothing. Take the test above, and when the timer ends the results screen links to a printable record of that run. It is built in your browser from the numbers you just produced, and it is yours to print, to save as a PDF or to throw away.

It is also honest about what it is. The record is self-generated and not proctored: nobody watched you take the test, nothing checks who was typing, and you could take the test as many times as you like and print only the best run. That is true of any certificate you generate yourself at home, however official it looks, and it is why the document itself is titled a result record rather than a qualification.

What the record shows

The record carries the figures from the run you just finished. Words per minute as TypeBurst scores it, which counts correct characters only. Net WPM, the stricter figure most employment tests quote, which takes uncorrected errors per minute off the gross speed. Accuracy, as a percentage of everything you typed. Characters per minute and keystrokes per hour, for applications written in those units. Then the test duration, the word list you typed, the date and the methodology version the scores were calculated under.

The results screen itself also shows gross WPM, every character typed whether right or wrong, so you can see the three common ways of scoring the same run side by side before you decide which to quote. If an application asks for a typing speed without saying which kind, net WPM is the safest one to give: it is the lowest of the three, so nobody can say you rounded up.

There is an optional name field. Whatever you type there appears on the printed page and nowhere else: it is not saved, not sent and not part of any link.

Self-generated, not proctored: what that means

A proctored test is one somebody supervises, in person or through monitoring software, so that the score can be tied to the person who sat it. This record is not that. It proves nothing about who typed, and it would be wrong to present it as though it did.

What it does have, which many paid certificates do not, is a published method. The methodology page documents every rule behind the numbers, including which WPM variant is reported and how errors are counted, under the version printed on the record. Anyone reading your record can check exactly what was measured and repeat it.

So use it the way it deserves to be used: as evidence of practice, as a line on a CV with a document behind it, or as a way to show a tutor or a job coach where you are now. Do not use it as a substitute for an employer's own test.

Employers usually test you themselves

Most employers who care about typing speed run their own assessment, at an interview or through an online test they send you, so a record you bring along is background rather than proof. What you can do is practise in the format they are likely to use. The clearest public standard is the US Office of Personnel Management rule for clerical and administrative support positions: 40 words per minute for clerk-typist and office automation roles, measured on a 5 minute sample with three or fewer errors.

Three errors over five minutes at 40 WPM works out to about 99.7 percent accuracy, a much stricter bar than most people expect. If you are preparing for that kind of assessment, take the five minute option above, keep your errors to three or fewer, and print the run that does both. The 5 minute typing test explains how long tests are scored, and for jobs that state keystrokes per hour the KPH calculator converts the requirement into a typing speed.

How to print it or save it as a PDF

Finish a run, then open the record from the results screen. Add your name if you want it on the page and press the print button. Your browser's print window opens: choose a printer for paper, or choose Save as PDF as the destination for a file. The name field and the buttons are hidden from the printout, so only the record itself appears on the page.

On a phone, use the print or share option in your browser's menu; most phone browsers can save the page as a PDF from there. The date on the record is the day it is opened, so print or save it on the day you take the test. Nothing is kept on a server after you close the tab, which means the PDF you save is the copy.

Which test length to choose

One minute is the standard reading and the easiest to compare with anything else. Two minutes is steadier, because a fumbled word costs half as much. Five minutes matches the only public standard quoted on this page, and a record from a long run says more than one from a short run, since five minutes is very hard to fluke.

Your personal best for each length on this page is kept in your browser, separately from the other tests on the site, so practising here does not overwrite the best you set on the main test. If your application is for data entry, the data entry typing test types record fields instead of words and leads with keystrokes per hour, and its results link to the same printable record.

Frequently asked questions

Is this typing certificate really free?

Yes. There is no account, no email step, no watermark to pay to remove and no fee. The test and the record both run in your browser, and nothing about your result is uploaded.

Will an employer accept a typing certificate I printed myself?

Treat it as supporting evidence, not proof. It is self-generated and not proctored, so an employer who needs a verified score will test you themselves. A dated record with a published scoring method is still useful background to attach to an application.

Which WPM figure should I put on a job application?

Net WPM, unless the employer asks for a different one. It subtracts uncorrected errors per minute, which is how most employment tests score, and it is the most conservative figure on your record.

Can I save the typing certificate as a PDF?

Yes. Press the print button on the record and pick Save as PDF as the destination in your browser's print window. On a phone, use the print or share option in the browser menu.

Does the certificate show my name?

Only if you type it into the optional name field on the record page. It is printed on the document and stored nowhere else, not even in the link.

Why is there no certificate number or verification link?

Because there is nothing behind it to verify. TypeBurst stores no results on a server, so a code that claimed to confirm your score would be decoration. The methodology version on the record is the part anyone can check.

Sources

  1. US Office of Personnel Management, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions (typing proficiency)

The only external figure on this page is the OPM typing standard credited above. Every score on the record is measured by TypeBurst in your browser, using the published rules. Read the full measurement methodology.