The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Qwerty
Qwerty 		Dvorak
Dvorak

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Results for Top 1000 Words in UK English

:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical29,388.3 0.0 %
Qwerty24,979.2 15.0 %
Dvorak18,441.4 37.2 %
Colemak17,159.3 41.6 %
DDvorak18,043.5 38.6 %

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical15.7 %13.3 %7.8 %5.3 %29.3 %8.0 %9.4 %10.6 %0.5 %6,366.0 keys
Qwerty15.7 %6.2 %7.7 %18.0 %18.5 %15.6 %6.0 %10.0 %2.5 %6,366.0 keys
Dvorak15.7 %6.3 %6.0 %11.7 %12.5 %14.5 %10.6 %12.8 %9.8 %6,366.0 keys
Colemak15.7 %6.2 %8.1 %9.8 %16.8 %16.4 %14.1 %6.8 %6.2 %6,366.0 keys
DDvorak15.7 %6.4 %6.0 %11.7 %12.5 %14.5 %10.6 %12.8 %9.7 %6,367.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical15.7 %55.8 %28.5 %6,366.0 keys
Qwerty15.7 %50.3 %34.0 %6,366.0 keys
Dvorak15.7 %36.6 %47.7 %6,366.0 keys
Colemak15.7 %40.8 %43.5 %6,366.0 keys
DDvorak15.7 %36.7 %47.6 %6,367.0 keys

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %19.4 %6.0 %5.3 %40.8 %14.3 %5.4 %8.0 %0.8 %143.1 m
Qwerty0.0 %0.5 %3.1 %20.5 %28.7 %27.8 %7.6 %8.3 %3.5 %151.1 m
Dvorak0.0 %1.0 %0.4 %0.2 %27.6 %31.8 %11.4 %17.8 %9.8 %86.8 m
Colemak0.0 %0.9 %6.2 %12.0 %35.4 %31.5 %7.6 %5.3 %1.1 %75.7 m
DDvorak0.0 %1.4 %0.4 %0.3 %22.7 %34.0 %12.2 %19.0 %10.1 %81.4 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %71.5 %28.5 %143.1 m
Qwerty0.0 %52.8 %47.2 %151.1 m
Dvorak0.0 %29.2 %70.8 %86.8 m
Colemak0.0 %54.5 %45.5 %75.7 m
DDvorak0.0 %24.8 %75.2 %81.4 m

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

Alphabetical29.3 %
Qwerty26.5 %
Dvorak55.8 %
Colemak62.0 %
DDvorak58.8 %

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

Alphabetical9.9 %
Qwerty5.7 %
Dvorak1.9 %
Colemak0.9 %
DDvorak2.0 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical36.3 %
Qwerty35.8 %
Dvorak21.8 %
Colemak29.3 %
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)

Alphabetical6.5 %
Qwerty9.4 %
Dvorak1.0 %
Colemak0.4 %
DDvorak1.0 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical14.3 %
Qwerty15.4 %
Dvorak8.2 %
Colemak14.3 %
DDvorak8.2 %

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

Alphabetical0.1 %
Qwerty0.1 %
Dvorak0.1 %
Colemak0.1 %
DDvorak0.1 %

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

ed 82 times 1.29 %
en 67 times 1.05 %
on 62 times 0.97 %
ne 46 times 0.72 %
nd 40 times 0.63 %
at 39 times 0.61 %
si 32 times 0.50 %
de 31 times 0.49 %
ow 28 times 0.44 %
is 23 times 0.36 %
no 21 times 0.33 %

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

ed 82 times 1.29 %
ce 33 times 0.52 %
de 31 times 0.49 %
lo 30 times 0.47 %
un 25 times 0.39 %
rt 23 times 0.36 %
ec 22 times 0.35 %
tr 16 times 0.25 %
ol 13 times 0.20 %
ki 11 times 0.17 %
br 10 times 0.16 %

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

gh 23 times 0.36 %
ct 18 times 0.28 %
ki 11 times 0.17 %
rn 10 times 0.16 %
pi 8 times 0.13 %
up 5 times 0.08 %
ui 5 times 0.08 %
tw 4 times 0.06 %
pu 4 times 0.06 %
rv 4 times 0.06 %
ik 3 times 0.05 %

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

kn 6 times 0.09 %
ue 6 times 0.09 %
lk 6 times 0.09 %
wr 5 times 0.08 %
nl 4 times 0.06 %
nk 4 times 0.06 %
pt 4 times 0.06 %
yi 3 times 0.05 %
rw 3 times 0.05 %
sc 3 times 0.05 %
gt 2 times 0.03 %

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

gh 23 times 0.36 %
ct 18 times 0.28 %
ki 11 times 0.17 %
rn 10 times 0.16 %
pi 8 times 0.13 %
up 5 times 0.08 %
ui 5 times 0.08 %
tw 4 times 0.06 %
pu 4 times 0.06 %
rv 4 times 0.06 %
ik 3 times 0.05 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 999 times 15.69 %
e 739 times 11.61 %
t 400 times 6.28 %
r 384 times 6.03 %
a 381 times 5.98 %
n 374 times 5.87 %
o 374 times 5.87 %
s 357 times 5.61 %
i 320 times 5.03 %
l 260 times 4.08 %
d 248 times 3.90 %
h 213 times 3.35 %
u 159 times 2.50 %
c 158 times 2.48 %
g 152 times 2.39 %
p 134 times 2.10 %
m 127 times 1.99 %
w 119 times 1.87 %
y 111 times 1.74 %
f 106 times 1.67 %
b 78 times 1.23 %
k 63 times 0.99 %
v 55 times 0.86 %
' 21 times 0.33 %
x 11 times 0.17 %
q 9 times 0.14 %
j 6 times 0.09 %
_LeftShift_ 4 times 0.06 %
_RightShift_ 3 times 0.05 %
- 1 times 0.02 %

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

e_Space_ 175 times 2.75 %
d_Space_ 143 times 2.25 %
_Space_s 124 times 1.95 %
t_Space_ 120 times 1.89 %
er 104 times 1.63 %
in 103 times 1.62 %
s_Space_ 91 times 1.43 %
r_Space_ 87 times 1.37 %
re 85 times 1.34 %
y_Space_ 83 times 1.30 %
ed 82 times 1.29 %
n_Space_ 80 times 1.26 %
ng 76 times 1.19 %
_Space_t 74 times 1.16 %
th 71 times 1.12 %
_Space_w 68 times 1.07 %
ea 68 times 1.07 %
en 67 times 1.05 %
se 65 times 1.02 %
_Space_a 64 times 1.01 %
g_Space_ 63 times 0.99 %
_Space_f 62 times 0.97 %
on 62 times 0.97 %
_Space_c 62 times 0.97 %
ar 61 times 0.96 %
he 58 times 0.91 %

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