Ukrainian typing practice
Learn to touch type in Ukrainian, free in your browser: lessons built from real Ukrainian words, Ukrainian books to type, and every Cyrillic letter on the Ukrainian layout, ґ and the apostrophe included.
What you can practise
Smart Lessons in Ukrainian
Real Ukrainian words in Cyrillic script, built around your slowest key. You start on six keys and add a letter at a time as the others come up to speed.
The Ukrainian alphabet
Every letter in order against the clock, with how to type each Ukrainian letter on your keyboard.
Typing games in Ukrainian
Pilot and Spaceship: steer through the gaps or shoot down enemy ships by typing Ukrainian words.
6 Ukrainian books
Classic Ukrainian books, out of copyright, typed a passage at a time.
Ukrainian letters
Ukrainian is written in a 33-letter Cyrillic alphabet with four letters Russian lacks, ґ, є, і and ї, and without ё, ъ, ы or э. The apostrophe is part of the spelling, as in "мʼясо" (meat) and "сімʼя" (family). The letters come up constantly: "Україна", "їжа" (food), "є" (there is), "ґанок" (porch). Smart Lessons bring each letter in once the letters before it are up to speed.
The Ukrainian layout is ЙЦУКЕН, close to the Russian one: і takes the place of ы, є of э and ї of ъ. Ґ is the awkward one: Windows types it as AltGr with г, while macOS and Linux give it the \ key. On a Mac, і and и swap places compared with Windows, і on B and и on S. Add the layout to any US or UK keyboard; touch typists need no stickers.
On a Ukrainian keyboard
Windows: Ukrainian (Enhanced) · macOS: Ukrainian · Linux: Ukrainian
Add it in Windows under Settings > Time & language > Language & region, in macOS under System Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources, in Linux under Settings > Keyboard > Input Sources.
| Letter | Windows | macOS | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| а | АF | АF | АF |
| б | Б, | Б, | Б, |
| в | ВD | ВD | ВD |
| г | ГU | ГU | ГU |
| ґ | AltGr ГU | Ґ\ | Ґ\ |
| д | ДL | ДL | ДL |
| е | ЕT | ЕT | ЕT |
| є | Є' | Є' | Є' |
| ж | Ж; | Ж; | Ж; |
| з | ЗP | ЗP | ЗP |
| и | ИB | ИS | ИB |
| і | ІS | ІB | ІS |
| ї | Ї] | Ї] | Ї] |
| й | ЙQ | ЙQ | ЙQ |
| к | КR | КR | КR |
| л | ЛK | ЛK | ЛK |
| м | МV | МV | МV |
| н | НY | НY | НY |
| о | ОJ | ОJ | ОJ |
| п | ПG | ПG | ПG |
| р | РH | РH | РH |
| с | СC | СC | СC |
| т | ТN | ТN | ТN |
| у | УE | УE | УE |
| ф | ФA | ФA | ФA |
| х | Х[ | Х[ | Х[ |
| ц | ЦW | ЦW | ЦW |
| ч | ЧX | ЧX | ЧX |
| ш | ШI | ШI | ШI |
| щ | ЩO | ЩO | ЩO |
| ь | ЬM | ЬM | ЬM |
| ю | Ю. | Ю. | Ю. |
| я | ЯZ | ЯZ | ЯZ |
| ʼ | ' | ' | ' |
Tips for typing Ukrainian
Watch the keys that differ from Russian
If you know the Russian layout, most keys carry over; the ones to retrain are і on S (B on a Mac), є on ' and ї on ]. Є and ї go to the right little finger, і to the left ring finger, or the left index on a Mac.
Ґ is rare but real
Ґ appears in a handful of common words, such as "ґанок" (porch) and "ґудзик" (button). On Windows hold AltGr with the right thumb and press Г on U; on a Mac or Linux, reach for \ with the right little finger.
The apostrophe is part of the word
Words such as "пʼять" (five) and "компʼютер" need it in the middle. On Windows and Linux it is the key left of 1; the site counts a plain ' as ʼ, so type it without breaking the word's rhythm.
Shift from the other hand
Use the left Shift for capitals typed with the right hand, such as Л in "Львів", and the right Shift for left-hand ones, such as К in "Київ".