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Definition: Wpm |
WpmNoun1. The rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WPM | English | Woody Plant Medium | N/A |
WpM | German | Woerter pro Minute | Computing, Post & Telecom |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: WpmSynonym: words per minute (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Wpm" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wpm" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
test wpm | 92 | construction wpm | 5 |
wpm | 79 | testing wpm | 5 |
typing test wpm | 61 | speed typing wpm | 3 |
typing wpm | 25 | speed test typing wpm | 3 |
free test wpm | 11 | find wpm | 3 |
free test typing wpm | 10 | counter wpm | 3 |
online test wpm | 9 | calculate wpm | 3 |
experience resume wpm | 7 | calculator wpm | 3 |
tester wpm | 7 | test type wpm | 2 |
online test typing wpm | 5 | free online test wpm | 2 |
average wpm | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "wpm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | слов в секунду. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "m-p-w" | |
+1 letter: wimp. | |
+2 letters: swamp, whomp, whump, wimps, wimpy. | |
+3 letters: impawn, swamps, swampy, wampum, wampus, warmup, whomps, whumps, wimple. | |
+4 letters: empower, impawns, impower, mugwump, pinworm, plowman, plowmen, prewarm, swamped, swamper, wampish, wampums, warmups, whimper, whomped, whumped, wimpier, wimpish, wimpled, wimples. | |
+5 letters: empowers, gapeworm, hempweed, impawned, impowers, manpower, moldwarp, mugwumps, pinworms, prewarms, shipworm, spanworm, sumpweed, swampers, swampier, swamping, swampish, tapeworm, wampuses, whimpers, whipworm, whomping, whumping, wimpiest, wimpling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 70 6D |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .--. -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110000 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W p m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0070 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)578279 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | русский |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английский |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Abbreviations 8. Acronyms | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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