The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for Mark Twain's Roughing It (1872)

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical4,704,936.9 0.0 %
Qwerty3,857,268.6 18.0 %
Dvorak2,869,089.8 39.0 %
Colemak2,838,203.2 39.7 %
DDvorak2,731,940.6 41.9 %

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical17.7 %15.5 %6.4 %4.5 %26.5 %6.3 %10.1 %10.6 %2.4 %935,488.0 keys
Qwerty17.7 %7.8 %6.7 %15.0 %16.9 %15.7 %7.0 %9.6 %3.6 %935,488.0 keys
Dvorak17.7 %8.2 %7.0 %10.2 %10.9 %14.6 %10.9 %10.8 %9.6 %935,488.0 keys
Colemak17.7 %7.8 %6.4 %8.4 %15.7 %15.8 %12.8 %7.4 %8.0 %935,488.0 keys
DDvorak17.7 %8.3 %7.7 %10.5 %10.9 %14.7 %11.6 %10.9 %7.8 %938,860.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical17.7 %52.9 %29.4 %935,488.0 keys
Qwerty17.7 %46.4 %36.0 %935,488.0 keys
Dvorak17.7 %36.4 %46.0 %935,488.0 keys
Colemak17.7 %38.3 %44.0 %935,488.0 keys
DDvorak17.7 %37.3 %45.0 %938,860.0 keys

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %23.1 %5.0 %4.0 %34.8 %11.1 %8.7 %9.1 %4.3 %22,234.6 m
Qwerty0.0 %2.7 %3.0 %16.2 %26.4 %27.1 %9.5 %9.4 %5.8 %22,801.9 m
Dvorak0.0 %5.7 %3.3 %2.2 %24.0 %28.9 %9.8 %13.5 %12.6 %12,885.8 m
Colemak0.0 %5.2 %5.6 %10.2 %26.8 %28.3 %9.7 %6.2 %8.0 %11,913.4 m
DDvorak0.2 %7.4 %5.4 %3.1 %17.4 %31.3 %12.5 %15.1 %7.6 %12,000.3 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %66.8 %33.2 %22,234.6 m
Qwerty0.0 %48.2 %51.8 %22,801.9 m
Dvorak0.0 %35.2 %64.8 %12,885.8 m
Colemak0.0 %47.8 %52.2 %11,913.4 m
DDvorak0.2 %33.3 %66.5 %12,000.3 m

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

Alphabetical24.9 %
Qwerty25.1 %
Dvorak55.7 %
Colemak59.3 %
DDvorak59.1 %

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

Alphabetical9.5 %
Qwerty4.4 %
Dvorak1.8 %
Colemak1.0 %
DDvorak1.6 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical32.3 %
Qwerty29.4 %
Dvorak19.2 %
Colemak26.6 %
DDvorak19.9 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical6.2 %
Qwerty8.3 %
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)

Alphabetical12.5 %
Qwerty13.6 %
Dvorak6.8 %
Colemak14.7 %
DDvorak6.8 %

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

Alphabetical2.5 %
Qwerty2.5 %
Dvorak2.5 %
Colemak2.5 %
DDvorak2.1 %

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

nd 11500 times 1.23 %
ed 7952 times 0.85 %
on 7602 times 0.81 %
en 7382 times 0.79 %
at 7270 times 0.78 %
is 5046 times 0.54 %
ne 4443 times 0.47 %
de 3790 times 0.41 %
we 3375 times 0.36 %
no 3073 times 0.33 %
ow 2509 times 0.27 %

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

ed 7952 times 0.85 %
de 3790 times 0.41 %
ce 2813 times 0.30 %
un 2622 times 0.28 %
lo 2306 times 0.25 %
rt 1896 times 0.20 %
tr 1894 times 0.20 %
ol 1827 times 0.20 %
ec 1492 times 0.16 %
fr 1206 times 0.13 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 1180 times 0.13 %

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

gh 2063 times 0.22 %
ct 1195 times 0.13 %
up 1145 times 0.12 %
e. 1067 times 0.11 %
rn 1015 times 0.11 %
pi 819 times 0.09 %
tw 668 times 0.07 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 657 times 0.07 %
ki 644 times 0.07 %
sl 521 times 0.06 %
ls 520 times 0.06 %

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

e, 1721 times 0.18 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 1192 times 0.13 %
sc 629 times 0.07 %
y. 498 times 0.05 %
ue 491 times 0.05 %
pt 465 times 0.05 %
nk 430 times 0.05 %
kn 383 times 0.04 %
nl 359 times 0.04 %
yi 252 times 0.03 %
lk 211 times 0.02 %

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

gh 2063 times 0.22 %
ct 1195 times 0.13 %
up 1145 times 0.12 %
e. 1067 times 0.11 %
rn 1015 times 0.11 %
pi 819 times 0.09 %
tw 668 times 0.07 %
ki 644 times 0.07 %
sl 521 times 0.06 %
ls 520 times 0.06 %
ip 491 times 0.05 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 165220 times 17.66 %
e 87982 times 9.40 %
t 67086 times 7.17 %
a 61317 times 6.55 %
o 54061 times 5.78 %
n 52623 times 5.63 %
i 48753 times 5.21 %
s 43706 times 4.67 %
h 42019 times 4.49 %
r 41385 times 4.42 %
d 34726 times 3.71 %
l 28969 times 3.10 %
u 20464 times 2.19 %
c 17704 times 1.89 %
m 17453 times 1.87 %
w 17378 times 1.86 %
f 16823 times 1.80 %
g 14986 times 1.60 %
y 13368 times 1.43 %
p 12523 times 1.34 %
, 11047 times 1.18 %
b 10471 times 1.12 %
_RightShift_ 9715 times 1.04 %
_LeftShift_ 9712 times 1.04 %
v 6962 times 0.74 %
. 6595 times 0.70 %
k 5744 times 0.61 %
_NewLine_ 3762 times 0.40 %
- 3141 times 0.34 %
' 1521 times 0.16 %
" 1370 times 0.15 %
x 1262 times 0.13 %
; 1113 times 0.12 %
j 944 times 0.10 %
! 678 times 0.07 %
q 643 times 0.07 %
z 471 times 0.05 %
? 311 times 0.03 %
0 300 times 0.03 %
: 271 times 0.03 %
( 219 times 0.02 %
) 219 times 0.02 %

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

e_Space_ 27798 times 2.97 %
_Space_t 24046 times 2.57 %
th 21680 times 2.32 %
_Space_a 20842 times 2.23 %
d_Space_ 20503 times 2.19 %
he 18835 times 2.01 %
t_Space_ 15696 times 1.68 %
s_Space_ 14746 times 1.58 %
an 14402 times 1.54 %
in 13257 times 1.42 %
nd 11500 times 1.23 %
n_Space_ 11371 times 1.22 %
_Space_w 11315 times 1.21 %
er 11283 times 1.21 %
_Space_o 10867 times 1.16 %
,_Space_ 10788 times 1.15 %
_Space_s 10433 times 1.12 %
re 9614 times 1.03 %
_Space_h 9193 times 0.98 %
_Space_i 8177 times 0.87 %
y_Space_ 8174 times 0.87 %
ed 7952 times 0.85 %
r_Space_ 7773 times 0.83 %
ou 7719 times 0.83 %
on 7602 times 0.81 %
en 7382 times 0.79 %

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