The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for Shakespeare - all his works (1586-1612)

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical25,780,649.4 0.0 %
Qwerty21,933,788.7 14.9 %
Dvorak17,324,804.2 32.8 %
Colemak17,367,157.1 32.6 %
DDvorak15,849,540.3 38.5 %

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical15.6 %14.7 %6.8 %4.4 %24.4 %5.9 %11.1 %10.6 %6.4 %4,698,142.0 keys
Qwerty15.6 %7.6 %6.7 %13.2 %15.9 %16.1 %7.2 %10.4 %7.4 %4,698,142.0 keys
Dvorak15.6 %9.1 %7.9 %9.9 %11.0 %14.0 %10.0 %9.9 %12.7 %4,698,142.0 keys
Colemak15.6 %7.6 %6.4 %7.9 %13.8 %15.6 %12.9 %7.8 %12.3 %4,698,142.0 keys
DDvorak15.6 %9.4 %8.6 %10.2 %11.0 %14.1 %12.7 %10.6 %8.0 %4,709,746.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical15.6 %50.3 %34.1 %4,698,142.0 keys
Qwerty15.6 %43.3 %41.1 %4,698,142.0 keys
Dvorak15.6 %37.9 %46.5 %4,698,142.0 keys
Colemak15.6 %35.7 %48.7 %4,698,142.0 keys
DDvorak15.6 %39.1 %45.3 %4,709,746.0 keys

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %21.3 %5.1 %3.2 %31.1 %10.2 %9.4 %8.4 %11.3 %118,440.7 m
Qwerty0.0 %4.1 %2.7 %13.7 %23.4 %25.5 %9.0 %9.6 %12.1 %122,612.2 m
Dvorak0.0 %10.5 %4.0 %2.6 %20.5 %22.4 %7.5 %11.5 %21.0 %75,926.2 m
Colemak0.0 %7.3 %4.6 %7.2 %19.3 %25.3 %10.0 %7.1 %19.2 %71,055.2 m
DDvorak0.0 %12.9 %5.7 %3.5 %15.8 %23.4 %18.9 %14.0 %6.0 %74,209.1 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %60.7 %39.3 %118,440.7 m
Qwerty0.0 %43.8 %56.2 %122,612.2 m
Dvorak0.0 %37.6 %62.4 %75,926.2 m
Colemak0.0 %38.4 %61.6 %71,055.2 m
DDvorak0.0 %37.8 %62.2 %74,209.1 m

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

Alphabetical24.2 %
Qwerty22.7 %
Dvorak51.8 %
Colemak54.2 %
DDvorak54.0 %

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

Alphabetical10.2 %
Qwerty5.7 %
Dvorak2.8 %
Colemak2.9 %
DDvorak1.9 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical33.6 %
Qwerty31.0 %
Dvorak21.0 %
Colemak29.5 %
DDvorak21.9 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical5.6 %
Qwerty7.8 %
Dvorak0.8 %
Colemak1.3 %
DDvorak2.2 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical13.6 %
Qwerty14.9 %
Dvorak7.5 %
Colemak16.3 %
DDvorak7.3 %

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

Alphabetical4.7 %
Qwerty4.7 %
Dvorak4.7 %
Colemak4.7 %
DDvorak4.2 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 66252 times 1.41 %
nd 42027 times 0.89 %
at 35315 times 0.75 %
en 34219 times 0.73 %
is 33998 times 0.72 %
on 29060 times 0.62 %
no 25127 times 0.53 %
ne 17526 times 0.37 %
ow 16329 times 0.35 %
de 15039 times 0.32 %
we 14097 times 0.30 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 63388 times 1.35 %
lo 16340 times 0.35 %
de 15039 times 0.32 %
ce 14246 times 0.30 %
my 13407 times 0.29 %
ed 12887 times 0.27 %
un 10678 times 0.23 %
rt 10353 times 0.22 %
tr 8784 times 0.19 %
ol 7731 times 0.16 %
?_NewLine_ 7591 times 0.16 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 36473 times 0.78 %
e. 9521 times 0.20 %
gh 8804 times 0.19 %
?_NewLine_ 7591 times 0.16 %
s_NewLine_ 4528 times 0.10 %
ki 4476 times 0.10 %
o, 3852 times 0.08 %
up 3824 times 0.08 %
rn 3561 times 0.08 %
ct 3246 times 0.07 %
pi 3058 times 0.07 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 61655 times 1.31 %
e, 15231 times 0.32 %
?_NewLine_ 7591 times 0.16 %
;_NewLine_ 7035 times 0.15 %
ue 4207 times 0.09 %
kn 3669 times 0.08 %
y. 3116 times 0.07 %
nk 2951 times 0.06 %
sc 2477 times 0.05 %
u, 1754 times 0.04 %
-_NewLine_ 1634 times 0.03 %

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

e. 9521 times 0.20 %
gh 8804 times 0.19 %
o, 5454 times 0.12 %
t_NewLine_ 4526 times 0.10 %
ki 4476 times 0.10 %
up 3824 times 0.08 %
rn 3561 times 0.08 %
ct 3246 times 0.07 %
pi 3058 times 0.06 %
ls 2847 times 0.06 %
ik 2388 times 0.05 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 732658 times 15.59 %
e 410398 times 8.74 %
t 310193 times 6.60 %
o 286715 times 6.10 %
a 261303 times 5.56 %
h 227033 times 4.83 %
i 225479 times 4.80 %
s 223038 times 4.75 %
n 219932 times 4.68 %
r 211258 times 4.50 %
l 150619 times 3.21 %
d 137197 times 2.92 %
_NewLine_ 118238 times 2.52 %
u 115589 times 2.46 %
_RightShift_ 108404 times 2.31 %
m 101929 times 2.17 %
y 88581 times 1.89 %
w 85983 times 1.83 %
, 80989 times 1.72 %
_LeftShift_ 79881 times 1.70 %
f 74099 times 1.58 %
c 72120 times 1.54 %
g 61434 times 1.31 %
b 54121 times 1.15 %
. 50916 times 1.08 %
p 50546 times 1.08 %
v 34688 times 0.74 %
k 31251 times 0.67 %
' 29937 times 0.64 %
; 17194 times 0.37 %
? 10475 times 0.22 %
! 8827 times 0.19 %
- 7841 times 0.17 %
x 4625 times 0.10 %
j 3871 times 0.08 %
q 2881 times 0.06 %
[ 2071 times 0.04 %
] 2063 times 0.04 %
: 1779 times 0.04 %
z 1118 times 0.02 %

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

e_Space_ 117441 times 2.50 %
th 110104 times 2.34 %
_Space_t 99488 times 2.12 %
he 80361 times 1.71 %
t_Space_ 70708 times 1.51 %
s_Space_ 66642 times 1.42 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 66252 times 1.41 %
_Space_a 61910 times 1.32 %
d_Space_ 60363 times 1.28 %
,_Space_ 59406 times 1.26 %
an 55472 times 1.18 %
ou 54359 times 1.16 %
er 52404 times 1.12 %
_Space_s 51577 times 1.10 %
_Space_h 49551 times 1.05 %
in 48464 times 1.03 %
r_Space_ 45462 times 0.97 %
_Space_m 45434 times 0.97 %
_Space_w 43908 times 0.93 %
re 42379 times 0.90 %
ha 42305 times 0.90 %
nd 42027 times 0.89 %
y_Space_ 42010 times 0.89 %
n_Space_ 39165 times 0.83 %
or 35898 times 0.76 %
at 35315 times 0.75 %

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