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Maltron and
Qwerty Letter Layout Comparison
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Interested in trying the
Maltron letter layout using a standard 102
keyboard?
See the
Custom Language page for further
information.
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The Maltron Letter
Layout (English)
How many words
can be made with the Maltron home row [ANISFDTHORE] ?
Click on any
other letter to see how many additional words can be made using
that letter.
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open in new browser window.)
Note: Secondary symbols may vary and
additional letters (e.g. Ü, Ñ
etc.) may be present in the two hand groups dependant on
Language version of the keyboard.
Maltron Home Row Word List - Alphabetical
Maltron Home Row Word List - By Length
The Qwerty Type-Writer
Layout
How many words
can be made with the Qwerty home row [ASDFGHJKL] ?
Click on any
other letter to see how many additional words can be made using
that letter.
Qwerty Home Row Word List - Alphabetical
Qwerty Home Row Word List - By Length
Letter Placement Word
Analysis
Table 1: Maltron
and Qwerty Comparison
The above table
shows the great difference in number of words and length that
result in the optimisation of the frequency of use for the
Maltron keyboard layout over the traditional Qwerty keyboard
layout.
The first four rows
show substantially greater number of words possible from the
Maltron letter layout. The last three rows show how few words can
be made with the Maltron layout without the use of the home row
or full width of the keyboard compared to the Qwerty layout. With
the Qwerty layout the left hand has a greater loading than the
right hand.
Click on any of the
"Number of Words" numbers to see the actual list of
words that can be made.
| Longest
Words |
Maltron |
Qwerty |
| Home Row |
disinterestednesses,
tenderheartednesses |
haggadahs |
| Home Row plus One |
interstratifications, overdifferentiations |
flagstaffs, shillalahs
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| Home Row plus Two |
antiauthoritarianisms, extraterritorialities,
internationalizations, straightforwardnesses
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flashlights, gallowglass, hallelujahs, lallygagged, massasaugas, sandglasses, sassafrases, shandygaffs, shillelaghs |
| Home Row & Top Row |
immunoelectrophoretically,
phosphatidylethanolamines |
photofluorographies,
stereophotographies |
| All except Home Row |
muckluck, plugugly |
counterconvention |
| Left Hand Only |
insignificancy |
sweaterdresses |
| Right Hand Only |
motormouth |
hypolimnion |
Table 2: Maltron
and Qwerty Longest Word Lengths
The first four
rows show the much longer word lengths which result from the better letter
distribution on the home row and across the full width of the keyboard with the
Maltron layout. The last three show shorter word lengths - again from the better
distribution of the Maltron layout.
"Frequency
of Use" Comparison between Maltron and Qwerty Letter Layouts
A sample of modern prose
work by various authors has been analysed and shows the following
graphical comparison between the Maltron and the Qwerty (J91)
layouts.
Chart 1: Modern
Prose FoU - Maltron Layout
The above chart
shows the even spread of workload on the fingers during writing.
The tall columns in the bottom row correspond to the letter
"E" (position 6) and "Space" (position 7).
Compare this with
the much higher loading on the top row for the Qwerty layout show
below.
Chart 2: Modern
Prose FoU - Qwerty Layout
Information
on the Frequency of Use - Modern Prose - analysis.
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