The Qwerty Keyboard Layout Vs The Dvorak Keyboard Layout

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:: UP ::Overall effort

Layout Effort % improvement over worst layout
Alphabetical210,185.5 0.0 %
Qwerty179,052.7 14.8 %
Dvorak138,065.5 34.3 %
Colemak130,601.2 37.9 %
DDvorak127,424.9 39.4 %

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical16.2 %16.0 %6.6 %4.7 %23.6 %6.7 %9.8 %13.4 %3.0 %40,738.0 keys
Qwerty16.2 %8.7 %6.4 %14.3 %18.0 %13.9 %8.5 %9.4 %4.6 %40,738.0 keys
Dvorak16.2 %9.7 %5.6 %10.5 %12.1 %12.9 %10.4 %12.1 %10.4 %40,738.0 keys
Colemak16.2 %8.6 %6.5 %8.8 %15.5 %14.9 %12.5 %9.3 %7.7 %40,738.0 keys
DDvorak17.6 %9.0 %6.0 %10.9 %11.7 %13.5 %11.2 %11.8 %8.4 %41,285.0 keys
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical16.2 %50.9 %32.9 %40,738.0 keys
Qwerty16.2 %47.4 %36.3 %40,738.0 keys
Dvorak16.2 %37.9 %45.8 %40,738.0 keys
Colemak16.2 %39.4 %44.3 %40,738.0 keys
DDvorak17.6 %37.6 %44.8 %41,285.0 keys

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

Layout Thumbs LPinky LRing LMiddle LIndex RIndex RMiddle RRing RPinky Total
Alphabetical0.0 %24.0 %4.9 %4.4 %30.5 %11.2 %7.2 %12.5 %5.4 %1,002.9 m
Qwerty0.0 %4.1 %1.9 %16.1 %27.3 %23.0 %11.5 %8.8 %7.4 %1,051.5 m
Dvorak0.0 %9.7 %2.5 %2.5 %24.6 %24.2 %8.8 %15.5 %12.2 %641.6 m
Colemak0.0 %7.4 %3.7 %9.7 %27.6 %24.6 %8.9 %7.6 %10.5 %549.6 m
DDvorak4.0 %9.3 %4.2 %4.2 %14.2 %28.8 %11.9 %15.7 %7.6 %572.6 m
Layout Thumbs Left hand Right hand Total
Alphabetical0.0 %63.7 %36.3 %1,002.9 m
Qwerty0.0 %49.3 %50.7 %1,051.5 m
Dvorak0.0 %39.3 %60.7 %641.6 m
Colemak0.0 %48.4 %51.6 %549.6 m
DDvorak4.0 %31.9 %64.0 %572.6 m

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

Alphabetical25.8 %
Qwerty23.7 %
Dvorak52.1 %
Colemak60.1 %
DDvorak58.2 %

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

Alphabetical8.6 %
Qwerty4.3 %
Dvorak2.1 %
Colemak1.1 %
DDvorak1.8 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical31.9 %
Qwerty30.6 %
Dvorak18.8 %
Colemak25.8 %
DDvorak18.6 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical5.8 %
Qwerty8.6 %
Dvorak0.9 %
Colemak1.1 %
DDvorak1.5 %

:: 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)

Alphabetical12.6 %
Qwerty14.6 %
Dvorak7.3 %
Colemak13.4 %
DDvorak7.0 %

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

Alphabetical3.7 %
Qwerty3.7 %
Dvorak3.7 %
Colemak3.7 %
DDvorak3.0 %

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

on 396 times 0.97 %
nd 359 times 0.88 %
at 341 times 0.84 %
en 291 times 0.71 %
ed 280 times 0.69 %
is 256 times 0.63 %
si 153 times 0.38 %
ne 145 times 0.36 %
de 130 times 0.32 %
ta 105 times 0.26 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 95 times 0.23 %

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

ed 280 times 0.69 %
de 130 times 0.32 %
ec 121 times 0.30 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 104 times 0.26 %
ce 101 times 0.25 %
un 96 times 0.24 %
tr 93 times 0.23 %
gr 83 times 0.20 %
rt 76 times 0.19 %
lo 62 times 0.15 %
ki 57 times 0.14 %

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

ct 87 times 0.21 %
gh 58 times 0.14 %
ki 57 times 0.14 %
ls 57 times 0.14 %
_NewLine__RightShift_ 50 times 0.12 %
pi 46 times 0.11 %
pu 46 times 0.11 %
rn 38 times 0.09 %
rv 36 times 0.09 %
s_NewLine_ 34 times 0.08 %
e. 31 times 0.08 %

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

_NewLine__RightShift_ 108 times 0.27 %
e, 32 times 0.08 %
pt 26 times 0.06 %
ue 26 times 0.06 %
sc 21 times 0.05 %
y. 19 times 0.05 %
nl 19 times 0.05 %
kn 16 times 0.04 %
). 15 times 0.04 %
"_RightShift_ 10 times 0.02 %
a_LeftShift_ 8 times 0.02 %

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

ct 87 times 0.21 %
gh 58 times 0.14 %
ki 57 times 0.14 %
ls 57 times 0.14 %
pi 46 times 0.11 %
pu 46 times 0.11 %
rn 38 times 0.09 %
rv 36 times 0.09 %
e. 31 times 0.08 %
ip 29 times 0.07 %
tw 29 times 0.07 %

:: UP ::Key frequency in your text

_Space_ 6615 times 16.24 %
e 3871 times 9.50 %
t 2768 times 6.79 %
a 2747 times 6.74 %
i 2745 times 6.74 %
n 2277 times 5.59 %
r 2117 times 5.20 %
s 2096 times 5.15 %
o 1871 times 4.59 %
h 1390 times 3.41 %
l 1344 times 3.30 %
d 1031 times 2.53 %
g 948 times 2.33 %
c 886 times 2.17 %
u 751 times 1.84 %
m 709 times 1.74 %
_RightShift_ 670 times 1.64 %
p 664 times 1.63 %
_LeftShift_ 593 times 1.46 %
f 579 times 1.42 %
b 540 times 1.33 %
w 447 times 1.10 %
y 428 times 1.05 %
, 357 times 0.88 %
. 341 times 0.84 %
_NewLine_ 305 times 0.75 %
v 291 times 0.71 %
k 212 times 0.52 %
0 181 times 0.44 %
1 111 times 0.27 %
( 79 times 0.19 %
) 79 times 0.19 %
2 71 times 0.17 %
9 53 times 0.13 %
- 53 times 0.13 %
" 50 times 0.12 %
5 49 times 0.12 %
x 47 times 0.12 %
j 45 times 0.11 %
8 44 times 0.11 %
' 38 times 0.09 %
3 37 times 0.09 %
6 36 times 0.09 %
z 33 times 0.08 %
4 32 times 0.08 %
7 29 times 0.07 %
: 25 times 0.06 %
q 23 times 0.06 %
; 13 times 0.03 %
[ 5 times 0.01 %
] 5 times 0.01 %

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

e_Space_ 1083 times 2.66 %
_Space_t 979 times 2.40 %
th 801 times 1.97 %
s_Space_ 771 times 1.89 %
er 723 times 1.77 %
in 708 times 1.74 %
_Space_a 697 times 1.71 %
ti 666 times 1.63 %
he 642 times 1.58 %
n_Space_ 625 times 1.53 %
an 555 times 1.36 %
_Space__RightShift_ 539 times 1.32 %
re 526 times 1.29 %
d_Space_ 508 times 1.25 %
_Space_o 415 times 1.02 %
ig 403 times 0.99 %
on 396 times 0.97 %
al 392 times 0.96 %
ge 391 times 0.96 %
es 381 times 0.94 %
_Space__LeftShift_ 374 times 0.92 %
_Space_i 368 times 0.90 %
r_Space_ 367 times 0.90 %
nd 359 times 0.88 %
t_Space_ 352 times 0.86 %
at 341 times 0.84 %

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