Typing test: Nepali (Unicode and Preeti) and English

How the speed is worked out

Typing tests count a word as five characters, spaces included, so a long word and a short one weigh the same. Gross speed is the characters you typed divided by five, per minute. Net speed takes off one word a minute for each mistake left uncorrected — it is the number most tests quote. Accuracy is the share of characters you typed correctly.

Each examiner sets its own rules — how errors are counted, whether backspace is allowed, the pass mark — so treat this as practice and read the notice for the test you are sitting.

Preeti or Unicode?

Unicode is the standard: it needs a Nepali keyboard turned on in your device's settings, and the text works everywhere. Preeti is an older font typed on an ordinary English keyboard — the keys stay the same, the font draws Nepali letters. Many government offices still use it, so many posts test it.

In Preeti mode the test turns your keystrokes into Unicode before checking them, and shows the Preeti keys for the next word until you hide them. To convert a whole document between the two, use Preeti to Unicode.

Getting faster

• Keep your eyes on the passage, not the keys — speed follows once your fingers find the keys on their own.
• Accuracy first: a mistake costs more than a slow word, in net speed and in any real test.
• Ten minutes a day beats an hour once a week. Try the 5- and 10-minute tests once the 1-minute one feels easy; stamina is part of the score.