CE Letter Pair Typing Drill

A 60-second drill of words with CE, the 42nd most common letter pair in English.

Quick answer

CE is the 42nd most common letter pair in English, at 0.65% of all letter pairs. On QWERTY you type C with your left middle finger and E with your left middle finger (same finger).

FactCE
Rank among English letter pairs42nd
Share of all letter pairs0.65%
First letterC, left middle finger
Second letterE, left middle finger
PatternSame finger

How to type CE faster

Both letters use the left middle finger, which makes CE one of the slower pairs: the finger has to jump between rows. Practice it slowly at first so the jump becomes one smooth motion.

Words with CE

face, place, price, voice, force, dance, once, since, center, certain, cell, piece, nice, office, science, sentence.

Frequencies are from Peter Norvig's count of 2.8 trillion letter pairs in the Google Books data.

Other letter pairs

Frequently asked questions

How common is CE in English?

CE makes up 0.65% of all letter pairs, ranking 42nd (Norvig, Google Books data).

Which fingers type CE?

C uses the left middle finger and E uses the left middle finger on a QWERTY keyboard.