This makes sense because proof-reading and correcting errors takes up more time than simply typing a passage correctly in the first place. In other words, a fast but error-prone typist will receive a lower net typing speed than a slower but more accurate typist - relatively speaking of course. Since errors play a part in its calculation, it is more a measure of typing productivity than of just typing speed. Net WPM is argueably the most useful tool in gauging typing abilities. However, Gross WPM is used in the calculation of the Net WPM calculation which merits its mention. If you typed 200 characters in 30 seconds your net speed would be (200/5) / 0.5 = 80 WPM.Ī Net WPM calculation is preferred for measuring typing speed as opposed to the Gross WPM computation since including mistakes will give a more complete picture of your true typing abilities. To give an example, if you typed 200 characters in 1 minute, your net wpm typing speed would be (200 characters / 5) / 1 min = 40 WPM. Simply count all typed entries and divide by five to get the number of words typed. This makes the number of words easy to calculate. Spaces, numbers, letters, and punctuation are all included, but any function keys such as Shift or Backspace are not included. This makes sense because typing "deinstitutionalization" obviously should count more than typing "my". For instance, "I love keyboarding, don't you?" would be counted as 6 words (30 characters / 5) and not just 5. When calculating typing speed, a "word" is any five characters.
The gross typing speed is calculated by taking all words typed and dividing by the time it took to type the words in minutes. Gross, or Raw WPM (Words Per Minute) is a calculation of exactly how fast you type with no error penalties.
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