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Lithuanian typing speed test
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Testing your Lithuanian typing speed
Lithuanian uses the Latin alphabet you already have. The practice words here add 4 characters beyond a-z — ė, ž, š, ū.
The speed test and the games draw on one bank of 89 common Lithuanian words — 23 distinct characters in all, averaging 5.3 written units per word. Nothing about the test is fixed except the fairness of it: the same bank, sampled fresh, so a result today is comparable with a result next month. Duration, word count, punctuation and digits are all yours to set.
Lithuanian sits on the same QWERTY keys as English, and these practice words then ask for 4 more: ė, ž, š and ū. 29% of the practice words here need one — a steady minority — which is often enough that reaching for them should be a trained motion rather than a hunt through a character map.
Speed in Lithuanian comes from prediction more than from finger speed: a familiar word is one motion, an unfamiliar one is a letter at a time. That is why drilling common words works — you are not training keys so much as the shapes the language keeps repeating.
One number is worth carrying into the first session. About 72% of the letters in these Lithuanian words come from just ten characters. Get those ten genuinely automatic — not merely findable — and the rest of the layout stops being the thing standing between you and a readable sentence.
- Writing system
- Latin
- Keyboard layout
- Latin QWERTY family
- Direction
- left to right
- Practice words
- 89
- Distinct characters
- 23
- Average word
- 5.3 units
Characters beyond a-z in the Lithuanian practice words
- ė14
- ž8
- š5
- ū2
Counted across the 89 practice words. 29% of them need at least one.
ir yra kad su iš bet kai jau dar tik labai daugThe ogonek, and a number row full of letters
Lithuanian uses nine letters beyond the basic alphabet: ą, č, ę, ė, į, š, ų, ū and ž. Four of them carry the ogonek, the small hook beneath a vowel, which historically marked nasalisation and now marks length.
The Lithuanian keyboard places those letters across the number row, as Czech does, so digits need a modifier. It is the same trade and the same complaint.
Lithuanian is remarkable for how much old Indo-European structure it has kept — its noun cases and sound system are closer to reconstructed Proto-Indo-European than any other living language — which has no bearing at all on typing it and is too interesting to leave out.
Questions about typing in Lithuanian
How long should a Lithuanian typing test be?
Longer than you would like. A 15-second test measures your sprint and flatters you; over two minutes your sustainable speed shows up, along with the fact that concentration runs out. If you want one number that describes you rather than your best moment, take the longer one.
Why does my score change so much between attempts?
Partly the draw and partly you. No two runs of the Lithuanian typing test use the same words — they are sampled fresh from the bank each time, so one attempt can hand you a friendlier set than the next — and concentration varies more than most people credit. Take three and look at the middle one rather than the best.
How is typing speed measured here?
In words per minute, where a "word" is a fixed five characters rather than an actual word. That convention is what makes a WPM figure comparable between languages whose real words are very different lengths. The number reported is net WPM: uncorrected mistakes are subtracted, so it reflects text you actually produced correctly.
Do I need a Lithuanian keyboard?
No, though you do need the right layout selected. 4 characters in the practice words here sit outside a-z, and they come up in 29% of those words — often enough that copying them from a character map will hold you back, and rare enough that people try to.
Which Lithuanian keyboard layout do these tests use?
Latin QWERTY family, plus the 4 characters beyond a-z that these practice words use. The 89 practice words between them use 23 of those 30, so 7 characters never come up in the practice text — these are the commonest words rather than an even sweep of the layout. The keyboard guide below the typing area shows the keys you actually press, which for an input method are the Latin ones already printed on them.
What will I actually be typing in Lithuanian?
89 of the most common words in Lithuanian, drawn at random. They use 23 distinct characters between them and average 5.3 written units each, with the longest running to about 9. Short, frequent words are used on purpose: they are the ones your hands will meet most often outside a lesson, so the practice transfers.
Is Lithuanian hard to type?
Only slightly, if you already touch type. 29% of the practice words need a character outside a-z, 4 such characters appear in total, and the rest is a keyboard you already know. The difficulty is concentrated in a handful of positions rather than spread across the layout.
Do I need an account, and is it free?
No account, no payment, no trial. Progress is stored in this browser, which is enough until you want it on a second device or on a leaderboard — that is the only thing an account buys, and it is optional.
Also in Lithuanian: lessons and typing games.
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Further reading
- How to type fasterSix changes that raise typing speed, in the order worth making them. Most people's fastest gain is not typing faster — it is stopping mistakes.
- Average typing speedWhat the commonly quoted typing speeds are worth, where the famous 40 WPM figure came from, and how to find out where you actually stand.
- Typing postureMost posture advice is furniture marketing. The parts that matter are wrist angle, elbow height, screen height and how often you stop.