Arabic Typing Test: How to Check and Improve Your Arabic Typing Speed (WPM)

More and more people search for an Arabic typing test: students who write assignments in Arabic, translators, office workers in the Arab world, and learners of Arabic who want to type faster. Most typing sites were built for English first, so Arabic is often an afterthought. This guide explains how to test your Arabic typing speed properly, what a good result looks like, and how to improve it.

⌨️ How to take an Arabic typing test

1. Add the Arabic keyboard to your device. On Windows, switch languages with Alt + Shift or Win + Space. On a Mac, use Ctrl + Space or the Globe key.
2. Open the Arabic typing speed test. The text, the direction (right to left) and the buttons are already set for Arabic.
3. Pick a mode. A 60-second timed test gives the most reliable result. Short word tests are good for quick practice.
4. Type and read your result. You get your speed in words per minute (WPM) and your accuracy.

Typed something in the wrong layout, like lvpfh instead of مرحبا? Paste it into the keyboard layout converter instead of retyping it.

📊 What is a good Arabic typing speed?

Typing tests count 5 characters as one word, in Arabic as in English. Arabic results are usually a little lower than English ones for the same person, mostly because fewer people have practiced Arabic touch typing. As a rough guide:

These ranges are approximate. Compare your Arabic result with your own English result rather than with someone else, and see our full WPM chart for English speeds.

🖐️ Touch typing on the Arabic keyboard

The fastest way to improve is to stop looking at the keyboard. On the standard Arabic layout, your fingers rest on the home row:

• Left hand: ش س ي ب (on the A S D F keys)
• Right hand: ت ن م ك (on the J K L ; keys)
• The bumps on F and J sit under ب and ت, so you can find the position without looking.
• ل and ا, two of the most common Arabic letters, sit in the middle of the home row (on G and H), one step from your index fingers.

Our free Arabic touch typing lessons teach the keyboard in 11 short steps. An on-screen keyboard shows which finger to use for each letter, and the lessons follow the physical keys, so they work even if your computer is still set to English.

🔁 Coming from 10FastFingers or Monkeytype?

Many people search for "10 fast fingers Arabic" or "Monkeytype Arabic" because they already practice English there. The method you know works the same way in Arabic: short daily tests, accuracy first, and no looking down. What changes is the layout, so expect a slower start for the first week. TypeMaster keeps Arabic as a first-class language, with right-to-left text, Arabic word lists and Arabic lessons, and you can switch to English, French, Spanish or German at any time.

🚀 A simple 2-week plan

• Days 1 to 5: 10 minutes of lessons a day, home row first.
• Days 6 to 10: add the top and bottom rows, then one short Arabic test a day.
• Days 11 to 14: take three 60-second tests and use the average as your new score.

✅ Conclusion

An Arabic typing test takes one minute, and it tells you exactly where you stand. Most people land between 20 and 35 WPM, and with touch typing practice 40 to 50 WPM is a realistic goal. Start with the Arabic typing test, then build your speed with the Arabic typing lessons.