Colemak-DHk lesson page

Colemak-DHk Core Trigrams II typing lesson

Word Building · Word Building

Layout-native track: Full-keyboard fluency

Practice common three-letter chunks so longer words start to feel grouped instead of typed one character at a time.

How this lesson behaves on Colemak-DHk

On Colemak-DHk, this lesson touches home row, top letter row, and bottom row, so it works as a broader coordination block instead of a single-row exercise.

This lesson touches home row, top letter row, and bottom row on Colemak-DHk, so it is useful for building both key familiarity and cleaner transitions.

Practice preview

The live lesson uses the same practice text shown below, so you can preview the sequence before you type.

ati all eve rea out sti ver wit int nce ati all eve rea out sti

Focus keys and locations

This is what makes the page genuinely layout-specific: the same lesson text maps to different physical zones depending on the keyboard layout.

13 focus keys

~`!1@2#3$4%5^6&7*8(9)0_-+=BackspaceTabQWFPBJLUY:;{[}]|\Caps LockARSTGKNEIO"'EnterShiftZXCDVMH<,>.?/ShiftCtrlAltSpaceAltCtrl

Keyboard preview

Highlighted lesson targets

The lesson's active characters are highlighted in blue so you can see where the sequence sits on Colemak-DHk before you launch the live drill.

Focus set: a t i l e v r o u s w n c

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a

Colemak-DHk home row

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t

Colemak-DHk home row

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i

Colemak-DHk home row

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l

Colemak-DHk top letter row

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e

Colemak-DHk home row

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v

Colemak-DHk bottom row

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r

Colemak-DHk home row

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o

Colemak-DHk home row

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u

Colemak-DHk top letter row

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s

Colemak-DHk home row

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w

Colemak-DHk top letter row

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n

Colemak-DHk home row

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c

Colemak-DHk bottom row

What to do after the lesson

If the pairs still feel sticky, slow down and make the transitions uniform before moving back into full words.

SureTyping helps Colemak-DHk users keep the legacy variant measurable with saved progress, layout-specific lesson previews, and customized follow-up drills built from the keys that move relative to both Colemak and newer DH boards.

Open typing test and customized training

Why SureTyping helps here

  • Live lessons save stars and progress separately for each keyboard layout.
  • Typing tests report WPM and accuracy, so you can tell whether speed or control is holding you back.
  • Customized training gives you a direct next step after a weak lesson result instead of ending the practice loop.

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