The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for HG Wells's War of the Worlds (1898)

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical1,726,702.8 0.0 %
Qwerty1,419,561.1 17.8 %
Dvorak1,051,609.9 39.1 %
Colemak1,046,111.0 39.4 %
DDvorak1,005,225.3 41.8 %

:: UP ::Keys for each finger (stronger fingers should be used more often)

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical17.2 %15.7 %6.2 %4.5 %26.4 %6.4 %10.6 %10.8 %2.2 %343,295.0 keys
Qwerty17.2 %7.8 %6.6 %15.3 %17.5 %15.9 %7.0 %9.3 %3.5 %343,295.0 keys
Dvorak17.2 %8.0 %6.7 %10.7 %10.7 %15.3 %11.1 %10.9 %9.5 %343,295.0 keys
Colemak17.2 %7.8 %6.5 %8.3 %16.3 %16.0 %13.0 %7.5 %7.5 %343,295.0 keys
DDvorak17.2 %8.4 %7.0 %10.9 %10.7 %15.3 %11.8 %11.0 %7.7 %343,823.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical17.2 %52.8 %30.1 %343,295.0 keys
Qwerty17.2 %47.2 %35.6 %343,295.0 keys
Dvorak17.2 %36.1 %46.7 %343,295.0 keys
Colemak17.2 %38.9 %44.0 %343,295.0 keys
DDvorak17.2 %37.1 %45.8 %343,823.0 keys

:: UP ::Finger Travel Distance (only the horizontal)

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %23.4 %4.8 %3.7 %34.5 %11.3 %9.1 %9.3 %3.9 %8,181.9 m
Qwerty0.0 %2.7 %2.8 %16.3 %27.3 %27.1 %9.5 %9.0 %5.4 %8,429.0 m
Dvorak0.0 %5.4 %3.3 %2.4 %23.8 %30.0 %9.4 %13.5 %12.3 %4,726.5 m
Colemak0.0 %5.3 %5.4 %9.9 %27.8 %29.0 %9.2 %6.4 %7.0 %4,364.2 m
DDvorak0.0 %8.1 %4.6 %3.3 %16.9 %32.6 %12.1 %15.0 %7.4 %4,379.7 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %66.4 %33.6 %8,181.9 m
Qwerty0.0 %49.0 %51.0 %8,429.0 m
Dvorak0.0 %34.8 %65.2 %4,726.5 m
Colemak0.0 %48.4 %51.6 %4,364.2 m
DDvorak0.0 %32.8 %67.1 %4,379.7 m

:: UP ::% home keys (out of all character keys plus SHIFT and ENTER, but excluding keys operated by thumbs)

Alphabetical24.8 %
Qwerty24.7 %
Dvorak55.9 %
Colemak59.5 %
DDvorak59.5 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same finger as the previous key (excluding repeating keys like ss)

Alphabetical9.2 %
Qwerty4.6 %
Dvorak1.9 %
Colemak1.1 %
DDvorak1.7 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key (ex: in Qwerty sd or ss are included, but s s is not since you type the space with the other hand)

Alphabetical31.3 %
Qwerty30.0 %
Dvorak20.1 %
Colemak27.7 %
DDvorak20.8 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key and jumping a row (ex: in Qwerty ev is a row jump - you jump over the middle row - and it's awkward to type; ef is not a row jump)

Alphabetical5.9 %
Qwerty8.4 %
Dvorak0.8 %
Colemak1.0 %
DDvorak1.2 %

:: UP ::% keys typed with the same hand as the previous key and in reverse order (ex: in Qwerty df or kj are typed in the easier order pinky-ring-middle-index, whereas fd and jk are in reverse order index-middle-ring-pinky, and harder to type)

Alphabetical12.1 %
Qwerty13.2 %
Dvorak7.1 %
Colemak15.3 %
DDvorak7.1 %

:: UP ::% keys that need the SHIFT modifier

Alphabetical2.6 %
Qwerty2.6 %
Dvorak2.6 %
Colemak2.6 %
DDvorak2.3 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Alphabetical

nd 3852 times 1.12 %
ed 3137 times 0.91 %
at 2800 times 0.82 %
on 2776 times 0.81 %
en 2663 times 0.78 %
ne 1607 times 0.47 %
de 1453 times 0.42 %
is 1446 times 0.42 %
we 1179 times 0.34 %
ow 1079 times 0.31 %
no 921 times 0.27 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Qwerty

ed 3137 times 0.91 %
de 1453 times 0.42 %
un 1060 times 0.31 %
ce 931 times 0.27 %
rt 919 times 0.27 %
lo 894 times 0.26 %
tr 823 times 0.24 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 580 times 0.17 %
my 538 times 0.16 %
ec 462 times 0.13 %
fr 456 times 0.13 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Dvorak

gh 850 times 0.25 %
e. 510 times 0.15 %
up 485 times 0.14 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 392 times 0.11 %
pi 384 times 0.11 %
ct 376 times 0.11 %
rn 357 times 0.10 %
ki 318 times 0.09 %
tw 207 times 0.06 %
sl 197 times 0.06 %
mb 168 times 0.05 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in Colemak

e, 638 times 0.19 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 572 times 0.17 %
sc 346 times 0.10 %
y. 233 times 0.07 %
nl 192 times 0.06 %
pt 176 times 0.05 %
nk 175 times 0.05 %
kn 159 times 0.05 %
ue 146 times 0.04 %
dg 138 times 0.04 %
yi 112 times 0.03 %

:: UP ::Pairs of consecutive keys typed with the same finger in DDvorak

gh 850 times 0.25 %
e. 510 times 0.15 %
up 485 times 0.14 %
pi 384 times 0.11 %
ct 376 times 0.11 %
rn 357 times 0.10 %
ki 318 times 0.09 %
tw 207 times 0.06 %
sl 197 times 0.06 %
mb 168 times 0.05 %
ls 166 times 0.05 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 58936 times 17.17 %
e 33378 times 9.72 %
t 25657 times 7.47 %
a 22426 times 6.53 %
n 19228 times 5.60 %
o 18612 times 5.42 %
i 18009 times 5.25 %
h 16417 times 4.78 %
s 16158 times 4.71 %
r 15677 times 4.57 %
d 12837 times 3.74 %
l 10183 times 2.97 %
u 7027 times 2.05 %
m 6847 times 1.99 %
g 6391 times 1.86 %
w 6172 times 1.80 %
c 6165 times 1.80 %
f 6043 times 1.76 %
y 4747 times 1.38 %
p 4674 times 1.36 %
, 4133 times 1.20 %
b 4006 times 1.17 %
_RightShift_ 3789 times 1.10 %
_LeftShift_ 3604 times 1.05 %
. 3025 times 0.88 %
v 2358 times 0.69 %
k 2019 times 0.59 %
_NewLine_ 1898 times 0.55 %
- 600 times 0.17 %
' 413 times 0.12 %
x 362 times 0.11 %
" 306 times 0.09 %
; 243 times 0.07 %
! 203 times 0.06 %
j 185 times 0.05 %
q 178 times 0.05 %
? 118 times 0.03 %
z 105 times 0.03 %
_ 72 times 0.02 %

:: UP ::Frequent pairs of keys in your text

e_Space_ 10906 times 3.18 %
_Space_t 9520 times 2.77 %
th 9372 times 2.73 %
he 8230 times 2.40 %
d_Space_ 7028 times 2.05 %
_Space_a 6970 times 2.03 %
in 5683 times 1.66 %
t_Space_ 5331 times 1.55 %
s_Space_ 4966 times 1.45 %
an 4715 times 1.37 %
_Space_s 4295 times 1.25 %
er 4160 times 1.21 %
,_Space_ 4069 times 1.19 %
_Space_o 4030 times 1.17 %
n_Space_ 3996 times 1.16 %
nd 3852 times 1.12 %
_Space_w 3612 times 1.05 %
re 3593 times 1.05 %
y_Space_ 3169 times 0.92 %
ed 3137 times 0.91 %
ng 3032 times 0.88 %
_Space_h 3013 times 0.88 %
at 2800 times 0.82 %
on 2776 times 0.81 %
en 2663 times 0.78 %
r_Space_ 2586 times 0.75 %

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