wpm

American  

1. words per minute.

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wpm British  

abbreviation

1. words per minute

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Example Sentences

Pen-and-ink clerks who struggled to top 20 words a minute were displaced by typists who could top 60 wpm, especially if they used new touch-typing techniques pioneered by a Cincinnati stenographer, Elizabeth Longley.

From The Wall Street Journal

His tail wagged, about a 200 on the wpm, or wags per minute, meter.

From Literature

In fact, 10- to 19-year-olds type about 10 wpm faster than people in their 40s do, regardless of whether the keyboard was on a smartphone or a computer.

From Washington Post

Grandma could type 120 wpm in an age of carbons, and said "when you can type 120 wpm with no mistakes they stop chasing you around the desk so much."

From New York Times

I high-five her after a record 30 wpm.

From Washington Post