Colemak-DH lesson page

Colemak-DH Common Words VI typing lesson

Word Building · Word Building

Layout-native track: Full-keyboard fluency

Use high-frequency words to turn isolated key knowledge into the vocabulary patterns that show up constantly in real typing.

How this lesson behaves on Colemak-DH

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

This lesson touches home row, bottom row, and top letter row on Colemak-DH, 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.

think right three small large place again never under while every around another

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.

20 focus keys

~`!1@2#3$4%5^6&7*8(9)0_-+=BackspaceTabQWFPBJLUY:;{[}]|\Caps LockARSTGMNEIO"'EnterShiftZXCDVKH<,>.?/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-DH before you launch the live drill.

Focus set: t h i n k r g e s m a l p c v u d w y o

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t

Colemak-DH home row

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h

Colemak-DH bottom row

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i

Colemak-DH home row

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n

Colemak-DH home row

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k

Colemak-DH bottom row

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r

Colemak-DH home row

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g

Colemak-DH home row

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e

Colemak-DH home row

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s

Colemak-DH home row

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m

Colemak-DH home row

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a

Colemak-DH home row

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l

Colemak-DH top letter row

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p

Colemak-DH top letter row

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c

Colemak-DH bottom row

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v

Colemak-DH bottom row

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u

Colemak-DH top letter row

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d

Colemak-DH bottom row

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w

Colemak-DH top letter row

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y

Colemak-DH top letter row

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o

Colemak-DH home row

What to do after the lesson

Use accuracy on these everyday patterns as the gate. If common words still feel choppy, repeat the lesson before chasing harder drills.

SureTyping helps Colemak-DH learners stay on track with layout-specific lesson previews, saved progress, and customized follow-up drills targeting the modified index-finger columns that differ from standard Colemak.

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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