Urdu typing test
اردو کے سب سے عام الفاظ کے ساتھ اپنی ٹائپنگ کی رفتار جانچیں۔ مفت اور بغیر رجسٹریشن کے۔
Type the most common Urdu 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 Urdu on your keyboard
Windows includes an Urdu layout, and many typists use a phonetic one, where letters sit on the English keys that sound like them. Urdu needs letters Arabic keyboards don’t have: ٹ, ڈ, ڑ, ں, ھ, ہ and ے.
The text runs from right to left. It is drawn in a Naskh typeface rather than the Nastaliq most Urdu readers know from print, so its shapes look more like Arabic type.
The words in this test
Each test draws at random from the 200 most common Urdu words. They average 3.3 letters, against 4 in the English test. These are the first 30:
- کے
- میں
- کی
- ہے
- اور
- سے
- کا
- کو
- اس
- پر
- ہیں
- نے
- بھی
- ایک
- کر
- یہ
- نہیں
- کہ
- تو
- کیا
- وہ
- ہو
- ان
- تھا
- جو
- ہی
- جس
- نہ
- گیا
- آپ
The letters you will press most
- ا 13%
- ی 10%
- و 7%
- ہ 6%
- ے 6%
- ر 6%
- م 5%
- ن 5%
Getting faster in Urdu
Your speed, accuracy and best here are Urdu numbers, kept apart from any other language. After a test, practice in Urdu 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
Does this test use Roman Urdu?
No, it uses Urdu script, so your keyboard has to be set to Urdu. Roman Urdu can be typed on any keyboard, but this test checks the Urdu letters themselves.
How do I set my keyboard to Urdu?
On Windows 11, open Settings, then Time & language, then Language & region, and add Urdu. 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 Urdu. 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 Urdu 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 3.3 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 Urdu test come from?
They are the 200 most common Urdu 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