The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for Lester Del Rey's Police Your Planet (1981)

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical1,306,320.7 0.0 %
Qwerty1,097,330.9 16.0 %
Dvorak819,047.4 37.3 %
Colemak840,703.5 35.6 %
DDvorak776,127.1 40.6 %

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical17.3 %15.0 %6.4 %4.2 %26.2 %6.7 %10.5 %10.1 %3.5 %255,763.0 keys
Qwerty17.3 %7.3 %6.0 %15.1 %16.7 %15.8 %6.6 %10.3 %4.9 %255,763.0 keys
Dvorak17.3 %8.3 %7.3 %10.8 %10.8 %15.5 %10.7 %10.1 %9.4 %255,763.0 keys
Colemak17.3 %7.3 %6.2 %7.6 %16.0 %15.7 %12.8 %7.5 %9.6 %255,763.0 keys
DDvorak17.2 %8.3 %8.0 %11.2 %10.7 %15.5 %11.7 %10.2 %7.1 %256,246.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical17.3 %51.9 %30.9 %255,763.0 keys
Qwerty17.3 %45.1 %37.6 %255,763.0 keys
Dvorak17.3 %37.1 %45.6 %255,763.0 keys
Colemak17.3 %37.2 %45.5 %255,763.0 keys
DDvorak17.2 %38.2 %44.5 %256,246.0 keys

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %22.0 %5.3 %3.7 %34.0 %11.2 %9.2 %8.9 %5.8 %6,183.3 m
Qwerty0.0 %3.5 %2.6 %15.8 %25.8 %26.3 %8.3 %10.3 %7.5 %6,397.3 m
Dvorak0.0 %9.1 %2.9 %3.6 %22.1 %28.2 %9.3 %12.1 %12.7 %3,684.0 m
Colemak0.0 %6.4 %4.8 %8.9 %26.5 %27.1 %9.0 %7.3 %10.2 %3,546.9 m
DDvorak0.0 %10.5 %4.7 %4.9 %17.4 %30.1 %12.6 %13.3 %6.5 %3,487.6 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %65.0 %35.0 %6,183.3 m
Qwerty0.0 %47.7 %52.3 %6,397.3 m
Dvorak0.0 %37.7 %62.3 %3,684.0 m
Colemak0.0 %46.4 %53.6 %3,546.9 m
DDvorak0.0 %37.5 %62.5 %3,487.6 m

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

Alphabetical23.2 %
Qwerty22.7 %
Dvorak53.9 %
Colemak55.8 %
DDvorak56.3 %

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

Alphabetical9.2 %
Qwerty4.6 %
Dvorak1.9 %
Colemak1.3 %
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)

Alphabetical32.0 %
Qwerty29.3 %
Dvorak19.5 %
Colemak27.8 %
DDvorak20.5 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical5.3 %
Qwerty7.7 %
Dvorak0.8 %
Colemak0.8 %
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)

Alphabetical13.0 %
Qwerty13.5 %
Dvorak6.6 %
Colemak15.9 %
DDvorak6.8 %

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

Alphabetical3.5 %
Qwerty3.5 %
Dvorak3.5 %
Colemak3.5 %
DDvorak3.0 %

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

ed 2622 times 1.03 %
nd 2283 times 0.89 %
on 2175 times 0.85 %
en 1856 times 0.73 %
at 1403 times 0.55 %
is 1231 times 0.48 %
do 1207 times 0.47 %
ne 1143 times 0.45 %
de 860 times 0.34 %
ow 822 times 0.32 %
no 774 times 0.30 %

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

ed 2622 times 1.03 %
de 860 times 0.34 %
un 773 times 0.30 %
ce 712 times 0.28 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 693 times 0.27 %
tr 613 times 0.24 %
lo 564 times 0.22 %
ol 492 times 0.19 %
ec 487 times 0.19 %
rt 433 times 0.17 %
fr 319 times 0.12 %

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

gh 616 times 0.24 %
e. 486 times 0.19 %
up 438 times 0.17 %
ct 311 times 0.12 %
ki 262 times 0.10 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 252 times 0.10 %
"_LeftShift_ 249 times 0.10 %
pi 226 times 0.09 %
rn 203 times 0.08 %
ip 162 times 0.06 %
ui 151 times 0.06 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 695 times 0.27 %
e, 392 times 0.15 %
y. 301 times 0.12 %
"_RightShift_ 240 times 0.09 %
kn 202 times 0.08 %
nk 137 times 0.05 %
pt 130 times 0.05 %
nl 112 times 0.04 %
sc 111 times 0.04 %
ue 96 times 0.04 %
?_NewLine_ 90 times 0.04 %

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

gh 616 times 0.24 %
e. 486 times 0.19 %
up 438 times 0.17 %
ct 311 times 0.12 %
ki 262 times 0.10 %
pi 226 times 0.09 %
rn 203 times 0.08 %
ip 162 times 0.06 %
ui 151 times 0.06 %
tw 143 times 0.06 %
ls 142 times 0.06 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 44185 times 17.28 %
e 23785 times 9.30 %
t 17762 times 6.94 %
o 15683 times 6.13 %
a 14136 times 5.53 %
n 13175 times 5.15 %
h 12846 times 5.02 %
i 11782 times 4.61 %
r 11197 times 4.38 %
s 10600 times 4.14 %
d 9742 times 3.81 %
l 7129 times 2.79 %
u 5962 times 2.33 %
g 5267 times 2.06 %
c 5044 times 1.97 %
w 4465 times 1.75 %
m 4445 times 1.74 %
_LeftShift_ 4005 times 1.57 %
f 3913 times 1.53 %
y 3753 times 1.47 %
p 3601 times 1.41 %
. 3555 times 1.39 %
_RightShift_ 3481 times 1.36 %
b 3310 times 1.29 %
, 2893 times 1.13 %
_NewLine_ 2308 times 0.90 %
k 2196 times 0.86 %
v 1341 times 0.52 %
' 1291 times 0.50 %
" 772 times 0.30 %
- 480 times 0.19 %
z 456 times 0.18 %
! 262 times 0.10 %
j 237 times 0.09 %
x 220 times 0.09 %
? 183 times 0.07 %
; 171 times 0.07 %
q 123 times 0.05 %

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

e_Space_ 7763 times 3.04 %
he 6704 times 2.62 %
_Space_t 6369 times 2.49 %
th 5888 times 2.30 %
d_Space_ 5205 times 2.04 %
_Space_a 4207 times 1.64 %
t_Space_ 4142 times 1.62 %
s_Space_ 3672 times 1.44 %
_Space_h 3464 times 1.35 %
in 3392 times 1.33 %
n_Space_ 3107 times 1.21 %
_Space_s 2991 times 1.17 %
an 2968 times 1.16 %
er 2810 times 1.10 %
,_Space_ 2704 times 1.06 %
_Space_w 2686 times 1.05 %
ed 2622 times 1.03 %
_Space_o 2604 times 1.02 %
_Space__LeftShift_ 2585 times 1.01 %
re 2546 times 1.00 %
._Space_ 2523 times 0.99 %
ou 2287 times 0.89 %
nd 2283 times 0.89 %
_Space__RightShift_ 2243 times 0.88 %
_Space_b 2205 times 0.86 %
on 2175 times 0.85 %

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