Fact · Typing and writing speed
70percent
By letter-frequency analysis, about 70 percent of letter keystrokes on the Dvorak layout fall on the home row, about 22 percent on the top row and 8 percent on the bottom row.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“About 70% of letter keyboard strokes on Dvorak are done on the home row and only 22% and 8% on the top and bottom rows respectively.”
Dvorak keyboard layout (Wikipedia), Wikipedia, 2026, Design section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The figure is calculated from letter frequencies in English. It describes the layout's design, not measured typing.
- What it does not show
- Letter frequency is not the same as the keys a real typist presses, which depend on the words, the names and the punctuation they type.