Spanish typing test
Comprueba tu velocidad de escritura con las palabras más comunes del español. Gratis y sin registro.
Type the most common Spanish 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 Spanish on your keyboard
A Spanish keyboard has a key of its own for ñ, just right of L, and types accents with a dead key: press ´, then the vowel. The layouts of Spain and Latin America differ in where that key sits and in their symbols, and both have everything this test needs.
On a keyboard without ñ, plain letters count: type n for ñ and a for á, and the text keeps the real spelling. If your browser is in Spanish, the test expects exact accents instead. Change it any time under the language button, in Accents.
The words in this test
Each test draws at random from the 200 most common Spanish words. They average 4.3 letters, against 4 in the English test. These are the first 30:
- de
- la
- que
- el
- en
- y
- a
- los
- no
- un
- se
- por
- es
- del
- las
- con
- una
- para
- lo
- su
- al
- como
- me
- más
- si
- pero
- te
- o
- mi
- le
The letters you will press most
- e 13%
- a 11%
- o 11%
- s 9%
- n 7%
- r 6%
- t 6%
- u 5%
Getting faster in Spanish
Your speed, accuracy and best here are Spanish numbers, kept apart from any other language. After a test, practice in Spanish 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
How do I type ñ and á without a Spanish keyboard?
On Windows, add the United States-International layout: press ' then a for á, and ~ then n for ñ. On a Mac, press Option-E then a for á, and Option-N then n for ñ.
Sources: Microsoft: United States-International keyboard layout; Apple: Enter characters with accent marks on Mac
How do I set my keyboard to Spanish?
On Windows 11, open Settings, then Time & language, then Language & region, and add Spanish. 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 Spanish. 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 Spanish 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 4.3 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 Spanish test come from?
They are the 200 most common Spanish 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