This Urdu typing test online lets you check your Urdu typing speed in real Nastaliq script, the flowing style Urdu readers expect. You can type with the built-in Urdu phonetic keyboard, which puts each Urdu letter on the English key that sounds like it, or with your own Urdu keyboard. Tests run from 15 seconds to 10 minutes, cost nothing and need no sign-up. In Urdu you would call it an اردو ٹائپنگ ٹیسٹ, and at the end you get your words per minute, accuracy and the letters that slowed you down.
What makes Urdu typing different
- Right-to-left Nastaliq. Urdu is written right to left in Nastaliq, where letters slope down towards the baseline and stack diagonally. The site uses the Noto Nastaliq Urdu font so the test looks like a real Urdu page, not a squashed Arabic font.
- Joined letters. Like Arabic, most letters connect and change shape inside a word. You press the same key every time; the font draws the right form.
- Letters Arabic does not have. Urdu adds ٹ ڈ ڑ for the hard T, D and R sounds, ں (noon ghunna) for nasal endings, ے (bari ye) at word ends, and two kinds of he: ہ (gol he) and ھ (do-chashmi he) used in sounds such as بھ and کھ. Mixing up ہ and ھ is the most common mistake in an urdu typing test for beginners.
Urdu phonetic keyboard layout
A phonetic layout is the fastest way for most people to learn Urdu typing, because you already know where the English sounds are. Here is the urdu typing keyboard built into this test:
| English key | Urdu letter | With Shift |
|---|---|---|
| Q W E R T | ق و ع ر ت | – ؤ – ڑ ٹ |
| Y U I O P | ے ء ی ہ پ | – ئ – ۃ – |
| A S D F G | ا س د ف گ | آ ص ڈ – غ |
| H J K L | ح ج ک ل | ھ ض خ – |
| Z X C V B | ز ش چ ط ب | ذ ژ ث ظ – |
| N M , . | ن م ، ۔ | ں – – – |
A dash means that key types a vowel mark or nothing. Shift turns a soft sound into its harder or rarer partner: T gives ت and Shift+T gives ٹ, D gives د and Shift+D gives ڈ, N gives ن and Shift+N gives ں. The full stop key types the Urdu full stop ۔ and the comma key types ، . The on-screen keyboard shows all of this while you type, coloured by finger.
InPage, the publishing software many offices and newspapers use for Urdu, has its own phonetic keyboard. Most letters sit on the same sounding keys, but a few differ. If you are preparing for an InPage Urdu typing test, practise here for finger speed and do a few rounds in InPage itself before the exam.
How to type Urdu on this site
You have two choices in the Keyboard menu:
- Urdu (Phonetic) — works on any keyboard. The default on a laptop or desktop. You do not need to install anything, so it is the quickest answer to "how to do Urdu typing in a laptop" when you only want to practise.
- My own Urdu keyboard / input method. Pick this if you already use the Windows Urdu keyboard, a phonetic layout you installed, or a phone keyboard. The test then accepts whatever your system types.
Timed tests of 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 minutes cover every common exam length, from a quick one-minute warm-up to a full ten-minute sitting. Choose paragraph mode when you want an Urdu paragraph for typing test practice instead of separate words, or paste your own Urdu passage into custom mode – handy for easy, basic words at first and harder office text later.
Fast Urdu typing on a PC or laptop
Speed comes from keeping your eyes on the screen. On a PC or laptop keyboard, press keys with the finger shown on the on-screen keyboard, and learn to type Urdu in your computer without looking down; a fast Urdu typist rarely glances at the keys. If your laptop keyboard has no Urdu letters printed on it, that is fine – the phonetic layout was made for exactly that case.
How your Urdu typing speed is measured
Urdu words vary in length, so the site counts every five correct characters (spaces included) as one word – the same rule used for English. That keeps your Urdu and English results comparable.
WPM = (correct characters ÷ 5) ÷ minutes
Accuracy = correct keystrokes ÷ total keystrokes × 100
Example: an urdu typing speed test of 5 minutes. You type 640 characters and 600 are correct. Speed = 600 ÷ 5 ÷ 5 = 24 WPM. Raw speed = 640 ÷ 5 ÷ 5 = 25.6 WPM. Accuracy = 600 ÷ 640 = about 94%. CPM (characters per minute) = 600 ÷ 5 = 120.
Raw WPM shows how fast your fingers moved, mistakes included; the gap between raw and net speed is the time your errors cost you. The consistency score tells you whether you typed evenly or in bursts.
What is a good Urdu typing speed?
| Level | Urdu WPM (about) | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Under 15 | Learning key positions |
| Average | 15–25 | Messages and short letters |
| Office / clerk level | 25–35 | Most clerical typing tests |
| Professional composer | 35+ | Newspapers, books, court and legal typing |
These are typical figures, not official rules. Keep accuracy at 95% or higher; examiners usually deduct for mistakes, so a slower clean result often beats a fast one full of errors.
Urdu typing test for PPSC and other jobs
Recruiting bodies in Pakistan, including PPSC for posts such as junior clerk, and some state departments in India include a typing test, and the post may require Urdu, English or both. Speed targets, time limits and the software used (often InPage for Urdu) change from one advertisement to the next, so read the official notice for your post. For a PPSC junior clerk Urdu typing test, practise the exact length stated in the notice – usually several minutes rather than one – and take an English test too, since many posts ask for both.
Which software is best for Urdu typing?
For practice, you need nothing but this page. For real documents the common choices are:
- InPage – the traditional urdu typing software for newspapers, books and many offices, with excellent Nastaliq.
- Microsoft Word with a Windows Urdu keyboard – free with Windows and fine for letters and forms.
- Phone keyboards such as Gboard, which include Urdu and a Roman-Urdu-to-Urdu option.
How to do Urdu typing in MS Word and on a laptop
- In Windows, open Settings → Time & language → Language & region → Add a language, and add Urdu.
- Switch keyboards with Win + Space.
- In Word, pick an Urdu font (for example a Nastaliq font) and set the paragraph direction to right-to-left.
Windows' built-in Urdu keyboard is not phonetic, so its keys differ from the table above. Many typists install a free phonetic Urdu layout instead so that Word matches what they practised.
How to add an Urdu keyboard in Android
Open Gboard settings → Languages → Add keyboard → Urdu, then hold the globe or space key to switch. After that, choose "My own Urdu keyboard" on this page to take the test on your phone.
How to learn Urdu typing
- Use ten fingers from day one. Rest your left fingers on ا س د ف (A S D F) and your right on ج ک ل (J K L). A ten-finger habit is what a typing test urdu ten fingers rewards.
- Learn the Shift pairs. Drill ت/ٹ, د/ڈ, ر/ڑ, ن/ں and ہ/ھ until you stop pausing on them.
- Take a short test daily. One or two minutes a day, plus one 5-minute test a week, is enough for steady progress.
- Practise weak keys. After each result, open the suggested keys in the typing practice drill, which builds text from your mistakes.
- Mix in a game. Every typing game on the site can use Urdu words, which keeps practice from feeling like work.
Roman Urdu, Hindi and Urdu
Urdu written in English letters is called Roman Urdu – the way many people chat ("aap kaise hain"). If you want a typing test in Roman Urdu, paste a Roman Urdu passage into custom mode and type it on your normal keyboard. Is Urdu Hindi? Spoken everyday Urdu and Hindi are very close, but they use different scripts: Urdu uses a Perso-Arabic script written right to left, Hindi uses Devanagari written left to right. If you need both, try the Hindi typing test after this one; your results are stored separately for each language.