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Canonical name	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi
Language	English
Form factor	Slab : ANSI
'Author'	Scholes modded by Ian Author data may not be correct, we're working on it.
Keys horizontally staggered	Yes
Letters on thumb (lower and upper case)	0
Avoids AltGr for standard characters	Yes
Does not move non-character keys (ANSI/ISO)	Yes
Maintains QWERTY 'shift' pairs	Yes
Maintains QWERTY top row (ANSI/ISO)	Yes
Uppercase on same key	Yes
Conventional home keys, fingering, Space, Enter, Shifts, AltGr	No
Maintains QWERTY ZXCV	Yes
Maintains Colemak punctuation	No

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Changes from QWERTY (1873)

Changes from Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)

Changes from Dvorak (1936)

Changes from Colemak (2006)

Changes from MTGAP (2012)

Changes from HIEAMTSRN (2014)

Changes from Uciea Vanilla (2021)

Changes from Poqtea-qp (Autogenerated, 2021)

Similarity

Ancestor	Score
QWERTY (1873)
Modified Blickensderfer (1892 / 2012)
Dvorak (1936)
Colemak (2006)
MTGAP (2012)
HIEAMTSRN (2014)
Uciea Vanilla (2021)
Poqtea-qp (2021)
Maximum

Qwerty rehomed ian is most similar to

Layout	Score
qwerty-untangled.en.ansi	27.00
qwerty-typewriter.en.ansi	27.00
qwerty-rehomed.en.ansi	27.00
qwerty-programmer.en.ansi	27.00
atari-800-ish.en.ansi	27.00
qwerty.en.ansi	27.00
qwerty-p.en.ansi	26.50
qwerfj.en.ansi	24.25
tarmak1.en.ansi	23.75
minimak-4key.en.ansi	23.50

Qwerty rehomed ian is least similar to

Layout	Score
gyf-beta.en.ansi	2.75
s2.en.ansi	2.75
uhiea-davison.en.ansi	3.00
karrenbauer-oulasvirta-mod-ian.en.ansi	3.25
mtgap-hybrid-vanilla.en.ansi	3.25
einbinder-10-finger.en.ansi	3.25
noname-30.en.ansi	3.25
qwerty-sux.en.ansi	3.25
mtgap-mod-joey2216.en.ansi	3.25
hoogendoorn.nl.ansi	3.50

Scores

Scores are percentages relative to the best layout for each metric.

Metric	Percentage
Finger-based metrics	39.81
Word-based metrics	57.00
English	36.57
Code	50.32
Proglish	42.29
Words metric for no same-finger	57.00
Overall score	45.54

All layouts (447)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	39.81	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	57.00	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	45.54	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.08

All ANSI (333)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	39.81	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	78.62
Words	noel.en.ansi	17.40	57.00	whorf.en.ansi	100.00
Average	noel.en.ansi	24.35	45.54	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	83.79

Unconventional ANSI (80)

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Fingers	qwerty-typewriter.en.ansi	33.82	39.81	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	78.62
Words	dvorak-mod-elazharty-azmi-suliman-mod-ian.en.ansi	39.22	57.00	rtnsg.en.ansi	96.85
Average	armel-refingered-ian.en.ansi	39.72	45.54	full-maks-minimo.en.ansi	83.79

Comparison to other layouts

qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi

colemak.en.ansi

mtgap.en.ansi

workman.en.ansi

dvorak.en.ansi

norman.en.ansi

qwerty.en.ansi

Best ANSI

full-maks-minimo.en.ansi

whorf.en.ansi

Worst ANSI

noel.en.ansi

Finger based metrics

Finger based metrics, as determined with Keyboard Layout Analyzer, using KLAnext scoring model, and then normalised to ANSI QWERTY = 100.
Lower is better.

English

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	43.87	43.40	32.76	67.01
This layout	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi	119.96	93.67	129.24	153.98
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Programming code

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	x1_atreus-44-keys.en.ergodox	54.50	34.56	61.28	80.83
This layout	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi	108.31	99.18	115.49	112.23
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Proglish (an 80:20 English:Code mix)

Rank	Layout	Score	Distance	SameFinger	SameHand
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	49.22	42.49	44.78	71.55
This layout	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi	116.40	95.20	124.02	143.54
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00

Overall Fingers score (4 * English % + Code % + Proglish %) / 6

Higher is better. Score is out of 100.

Rank	Layout	Percentage
Best	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54
This layout	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi	39.81
Reference	qwerty.en.ansi	46.53

Metric	Lowest	Lowest score	qwerty-rehomed-ian.en.ansi score	Highest	Highest score
Overall fingers	noel.en.ansi	27.83	39.81	maks-ex.en.ergodox	98.54

English Word-based analysis

Home Keys Analysis

The Home Keys for this layout are shown with red dots in the first image above, giving the following letters:

aehiort

Home key common words

Not part of final score.
Which of the 200 most common words are typeable on the home keys.

Words handled	Words not handled
the to a that it i at he are or their her there other three too here	of and in is was for with as on be by his from had not which have were an this but you they has all been one will who would more she its up can him so out into we when said them about than time no if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like then after very most these new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work those did well down back just see even because own little make must good under man used both same how still while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right another place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home small set different system though around since often called within always every need went

Words handled

Words not handled

the to a that it i at he are or their her there other three too here

of and in is was for with as on be by his from had not which have were an this but you they has all been one will who would more she its up can him so out into we when said them about than time no if some only also first could two my what over such do may me any like then after very most these new made your people now between should where years many being our before through much way work those did well down back just see even because own little make must good under man used both same how still while use last life against know year each us get mr take long part off go day might great never found old gbp right another place came during again without come world men end upon think later say few left number away thought until home small set different system though around since often called within always every need went

Home key words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus are typeable on the home keys.
Not included in final score ... layouts with letters on thumb have unfair advantage, and it punishes layouts which opt to keep O and U off the home row.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehiort	188	683	8	hitherto

Word count

Word length

Word count
Word length

No same-finger words

How many of the 30,000 most common words in the English corpus can be typed without using the same finger twice.

Home Key letters	English words typeable	Score	Longest word	Example
aehiort	14898	904	18	characteristically