Dutch typing test
Test je typesnelheid met de meest voorkomende Nederlandse woorden. Gratis en zonder account.
Type the most common Dutch words for 60 seconds and see your words per minute, accuracy and consistency. The clock starts with your first key.
The timer starts with your first key.Tab or Esc restarts
Typing Dutch on your keyboard
Most keyboards in the Netherlands are US QWERTY, and Dutch needs few accents: 0.2% of the letters in this test. On the United States-International layout, " then e makes ë and ' then e makes é. Belgium uses AZERTY.
On a keyboard without them, plain letters count: type e for ë and é.
The words in this test
Each test draws at random from the 200 most common Dutch words. They average 4.2 letters, against 4 in the English test. These are the first 30:
- de
- van
- het
- een
- en
- in
- is
- op
- ik
- dat
- voor
- je
- te
- met
- niet
- zijn
- die
- als
- er
- maar
- om
- aan
- hij
- ook
- ze
- door
- naar
- uit
- bij
- dan
The letters you will press most
- e 18%
- n 11%
- a 10%
- t 7%
- i 5%
- o 5%
- d 5%
- l 5%
Getting faster in Dutch
Your speed, accuracy and best here are Dutch numbers, kept apart from any other language. After a test, practice in Dutch finds the letters that slow you down and builds its text around them. The score is counted as in the main typing test, which explains how.
Frequently asked questions
Is ij one letter in this test?
No, you type i and then j, the way it is done on a keyboard. The words are the ones most used in Dutch text, from both the Netherlands and Flanders.
Source: Microsoft: United States-International keyboard layout
How do I set my keyboard to Dutch?
On Windows 11, open Settings, then Time & language, then Language & region, and add Dutch. Hold the Windows key and press Space to switch keyboards. On a Mac, open System Settings, then Keyboard, then Text Input, choose Edit, and add Dutch. Control and Space switches between them.
Sources: Microsoft: Manage the input and display language settings in Windows; Apple: Write in another language on your Mac
Can I compare my Dutch speed with my English speed?
The counting is the same: five typed characters are one word, so 60 WPM means 300 correct characters a minute in any language. The words here average 4.2 letters, against 4 in the English test. Your two numbers will still differ, because how well you know a language’s words and letter patterns matters as much as your fingers. Each language keeps its own best, so you always compare like with like.
Where do the words in this Dutch test come from?
They are the 200 most common Dutch words in wordfreq, a research list of word frequencies built from subtitles, news, books and web text. We took out names, abbreviations and words unfit for children, and each test draws at random from what is left.
Source: wordfreq, by Robyn Speer