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Macedonian typing speed test
Flow like a stream. Space commits a word, backspace fixes the last one. Tab or Esc restarts.
Testing your Macedonian typing speed
Macedonian is written in the Cyrillic script. The Macedonian Cyrillic layout maps 31 characters across the keys you already have, so every motion transfers and every letter moves.
A Macedonian keyboard is a setting, not a purchase. Selecting the Macedonian Cyrillic layout in your operating system repoints 31 of the keys you already have at Cyrillic characters; nothing about the hardware changes. The guide below shows both faces of each key at once, the letter printed on the cap and the one it will actually write.
Expect a strange few days in Macedonian where you are at once a competent typist and a beginner. Everything your hands know still works; everything your memory knows points at the wrong letters. It resolves in days rather than months, provided the practice is frequent rather than long.
Of the 25 characters these 73 words use, one alone accounts for roughly 13%. Frequencies like that are why touch typing can be learned at all — you are not memorising 25 equally important characters, you are automating a handful and filling in the rest over time.
The speed test and the games draw on one bank of 73 common Macedonian words — 25 distinct characters in all, averaging 4.2 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.
- Writing system
- Cyrillic
- Keyboard layout
- Macedonian Cyrillic
- Direction
- left to right
- Mapped characters
- 31
- Practice words
- 73
- Distinct characters
- 25
- Average word
- 4.2 units
Characters you will press most in these Macedonian words
- о39
- а37
- е33
- т21
- и16
- к14
- р14
- с14
- в13
- н13
- д12
- м12
Counted across the 73 practice words — the characters worth getting right first.
мирните раце го наоѓаат основниот ред без гледањеTwo letters no other Cyrillic alphabet has
Macedonian Cyrillic includes ѓ and ќ, which appear in no other Cyrillic alphabet, and ѕ, which spells a dz sound and is written like a Latin s. Together they are what most immediately distinguishes Macedonian text from Serbian or Bulgarian.
The alphabet was standardised in 1945 and is closely modelled on Serbian Cyrillic, sharing љ, њ and џ with it. The layout is correspondingly close to the Serbian one.
Macedonian is the only Slavic language to have a definite article, and it attaches to the end of the noun in three forms depending on proximity — a Balkan feature shared with Albanian and Romanian rather than with its Slavic relatives.
Questions about typing in Macedonian
Is the Macedonian typing test the same every time?
No. Words are drawn at random from the Macedonian bank on every run, so there is nothing to memorise and a second attempt is a fresh test rather than a rehearsal. You can fix the duration or the word count, turn punctuation and numbers on, or paste your own text.
What is the difference between raw and net WPM?
Raw counts everything you typed; net subtracts what you got wrong and left wrong. A large gap between the two is the most useful signal on the results screen — it means the speed is there and the accuracy is not, which is a different problem from simply being slow, and a faster one to fix.
Does accuracy matter more than speed?
For a score, they are the same measurement — net WPM already penalises errors. For improving, accuracy matters more, because the fastest route to a higher number is almost always removing mistakes rather than moving your fingers faster.
Do I need a Macedonian keyboard?
No. Switching your operating system to the Macedonian Cyrillic layout remaps the keyboard you already own; nothing physical changes. Stickers and printed keycaps exist, and they are worth skipping — they reward glancing down, which is the habit this whole exercise is trying to remove.
Which Macedonian keyboard layout do these tests use?
Macedonian Cyrillic, with 31 characters mapped across the standard key positions. The 73 practice words between them use 25 of those 31, so 6 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 physical key and the character it produces together, so you are never reading a layout diagram in one window while typing in another.
What will I actually be typing in Macedonian?
73 of the most common words in Macedonian, drawn at random. They use 25 distinct characters between them and average 4.2 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 Macedonian hard to type?
Harder to start, not harder to reach. Every motion you already have transfers; what does not is the map, and 31 key positions have to be relearned. With a fairly compact inventory of 25 characters across the practice bank, most people are past the worst of it inside two weeks of short daily sessions.
Do I need an account, and is it free?
Neither. There is no paid tier and no required sign-in — the 73 Macedonian practice words, the speed test and all three games are the whole product, available immediately. Signing in is worth it only if you practise on more than one device.
Also in Macedonian: lessons and typing games.
Other languages written in Cyrillic: Mongolian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian. Or browse all 86 by writing system.
Further reading
- Typing Cyrillic: one script, eight keyboardsWhy the standard Russian layout ignores the letters on your keycaps, when a phonetic layout is defensible, and how far the eight Cyrillic layouts differ.
- The bottom rowZ X C V B N M sit below home and are the least practised keys on the board. Which finger takes which, and why C and B cause trouble.
- What counts as a good typing speedGood depends on what you type and how accurately. A guide to the bands, why accuracy beats speed, and what employers actually ask for.