60 seconds

Portuguese typing test

A one minute typing test in Portuguese, built from the words people write most: casa, tempo, mundo, começar. Accents count, and a setting can make them optional.

What you will type

The test serves everyday Portuguese ranked by frequency: short words like com, por, mas and bem, common nouns like casa, tempo, mundo and cidade, and verbs like fazer, escrever and começar. The standard list keeps accents light. Switch the difficulty to Advanced in the test options for long words full of them: administração, compreensão, correspondência.

It is scored the standard way: net words per minute from correctly typed words, five characters to a word, and accuracy from every keystroke. Nothing starts until your first key.

Typing Portuguese accents

Portuguese uses the cedilla (ç), the tilde (ã, õ), the acute (á, é, í, ó, ú), the circumflex (â, ê, ô) and the grave (à).

  • Brazilian ABNT2 keyboard: Ç has its own key to the right of L. The acute and grave share a dead key to the right of P, and the tilde and circumflex share one to the right of Ç. Press the accent, then the vowel.
  • Portuguese keyboard (Portugal): Ç is also to the right of L, and the accents are dead keys nearby. Check the legends printed on your keys.
  • US or UK keyboard on Windows: add the US International layout. A tilde then a gives ã, an apostrophe then a vowel gives an acute accent, a caret then e gives ê, and an apostrophe then c gives ç.
  • Mac with an English layout: Option+C gives ç, Option+N then a gives ã, Option+E then a vowel gives an acute, and Option+I then a vowel gives a circumflex.

Lazy mode in Settings accepts plain letters for accented ones, which is handy if you type Portuguese on a keyboard without dead keys.

Tips for typing Portuguese faster

  • Type -ção as one movement. It ends thousands of Portuguese words. Practise it until c, ã and o run together.
  • Use the right little finger for accents. On ABNT2 every dead key sits on the right, so keep that finger ready rather than moving your whole hand.
  • Do not look down for ç. It is one key to the right of L, a short reach from home. A few slow runs make it automatic.
  • Practise the longer words. A few runs on Advanced make the everyday words feel easy afterwards.

Results and leaderboards

Every Portuguese run is saved to your history and statistics in your browser, with its own keyboard heatmap. The public leaderboards use English words so everyone on a board types the same text, so runs in other languages count towards your own records.

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Questions people ask

How do I type ç and ã on an English keyboard?

On a Mac, Option+C gives ç, and Option+N then a gives ã. On Windows with the US International layout, an apostrophe then c gives ç, and a tilde then a gives ã. Brazilian ABNT2 and Portuguese keyboards have a Ç key to the right of L.

Is this Brazilian or European Portuguese?

The everyday words in the test are shared by both. Spelling differences between Brazil and Portugal mostly affect less common words, so the test works as practice for either.

Can I take the test without accents?

Yes. Switch on Lazy mode in Settings and plain letters are accepted for accented ones, so a counts for ã and c for ç. It is a good way to practise the words first and add the accents once they feel familiar.

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