Slovak typing speed test

No. Your operating system already offers a layout that produces ý, á, ľ, ž and č from the keys you have — through a dead key on some, a modifier such as right Alt on others. Which one depends on the language and on the layout you select; the hardware does not change either way.

Latin QWERTY family, plus the 9 characters beyond a-z that these practice words use. The 45 practice words between them use 30 of those 35, so 5 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.

45 of the most common words in Slovak, drawn at random. They use 30 distinct characters between them and average 3.5 written units each, with the longest running to about 7. Short, frequent words are used on purpose: they are the ones your hands will meet most often outside a lesson, so the practice transfers.

Partly the draw and partly you. No two runs of the Slovak 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.

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.

Because you are doing two things at once: finding the key and recalling what it writes. Speed in a script you have typed for years is one motion; speed in a new one is a lookup followed by a motion. The lookup is what disappears with practice, and when it does the gap closes faster than most people expect.

Only slightly, if you already touch type. 51% of the practice words need a character outside a-z, 9 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.

Neither. There is no paid tier and no required sign-in — the 45 Slovak 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.