WPM vs Accuracy

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mudassar1095
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WPM vs Accuracy

Post by mudassar1095 » Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:56 pm

Hi,
I have recently 'learnt' touch typing. During practice sessions, if I try to get higher WPM, accuracy drops and vice versa. What should I aim for: WPM or Accuracy?
I personally feel like I should try to have accuracy >90%.
What do you guys suggest?

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MrMarcie
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Re: WPM vs Accuracy

Post by MrMarcie » Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:56 am

You should focus on accurassy and the speed will come naturally after that, but it takes time. Accuracy should be ideally above 97%.
Every correction or error costs time. So the more accurate you can type the faster you will become.
See my progress on my 10vingers Youtube channel

Kabir Khan
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Re: WPM vs Accuracy

Post by Kabir Khan » Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:47 pm

As a new member of this site, I think that accuracy is most important.......

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Re: WPM vs Accuracy

Post by jamarcus » Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:56 am

WPM must not be the top priority. You can increase your speed but and in parallel you will be left with lot of misspelled words. Correcting them will again take a lot of time. Thus indirectly you will again back to your normal or current WPM. So yes, you should focus on accuracy. Being accurate is the only way to be fast typist. It takes time but once you master you will not have to hit that backspace over and over again.

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