Data Entry Typing Test: WPM vs KDPH and How to Practice
Understand key depressions per hour (KDPH), number-row fluency and punctuation accuracy for data entry roles.
Data entry tests focus heavily on mixed text: dates, invoice codes, email addresses, punctuation and numbers alongside normal words. Many exams report KDPH (Key Depressions Per Hour) rather than just WPM.
Converting WPM to KDPH
Since 1 WPM equals 5 characters per minute (300 characters per hour), 8,000 KDPH is roughly 27 WPM sustained cleanly over a 10-minute or 15-minute passage, while 10,000 KDPH is roughly 33 WPM.
How to prepare
- Practise the top number row without looking using our Number row lesson.
- Switch to Hard difficulty in the English typing test to drill capitals, commas, hyphens and numbers.
- Test 10-minute stamina on the Exam & DEST mock page.
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