Enneagram test
A self-reflection test that shows which of the Enneagram’s nine types you lean toward. Your answers stay on your device and are never sent to a server.
About 6 min · 45 questions · For self-reflection, not diagnosis · Results stay in your browser
When I spot something that’s wrong, I feel I have to set it right.
Before You Start
How the Enneagram test scores the nine types and picks your wing, and how to read the result when your top two types are close.
Answer Honestly, Read Carefully
Even if there is a type you would like to be, do not tailor your answers to it; go with the thoughts and reactions you actually have most often. Read the result as the approach you habitually fall back on rather than a fixed identity.
Limits
The statements were written by mind.io, and the Enneagram is not a framework research has backed as strongly as the Big Five. It is not a diagnostic tool, so please do not use it to judge people or hand out roles.
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What your result shows
- Scores (0–100) for all nine types in ranked order; the top one is your type.
- Of the two neighbors on either side of your type, the higher-scoring one is your wing; if they tie, both possible wings are shown.
- When the top two are 5 points apart or less, both are kept as candidates and three reflection questions compare things like their core motivation and fear. Those questions never re-score the result.
- A gap of 6–10 points gets a one-line “close second” note, followed by strengths, relationships, stress and growth, and practical tips.
Sample result preview
An illustrative example, not real answers. The numbers are ones the result page’s scoring can actually produce.
Type 4 · 4w5
An example where the top two are 5 points apart, so Type 4 and Type 5 are both shown as candidates (four of the nine types shown).
- Type 4: 80 · top
- Type 5: 75 · within 5 points
- Type 9: 60
- Type 3: 45
Type 5 is 5 points behind, so the reflection questions let you weigh the two. The wing is 4w5 because Type 5 (75) outscores Type 4’s other neighbor, Type 3 (45).
Who this test suits
- Anyone who wants to trace a repeating mistake back to motivation rather than behavior.
- Anyone curious how they change between stressful stretches and relaxed ones.
- Anyone with the time to read the type description and the wing pages carefully.
When another test fits better
- Big Five →If you want a research-validated measure of your tendencies.
- MBTI →If you want a lighter four-letter type that is easy to talk about.
- VIA Strengths →If you would rather focus on strengths you already have than on fears.
How to read your results
How It Works
The test has 45 statements, five for each of the nine types, answered on a five-step scale from “Strongly disagree” to “Strongly agree.” For every type, two statements describe someone quite unlike that type, so those answers are scored in reverse.
Each type’s five answers are added up, and the total is rescaled so that the lowest possible sum is 0 and the highest is 100. Moving one answer by one step therefore changes that type’s score by 5 points. Your highest-scoring type is your type; on a tie, the lower-numbered type comes first.
Score Interpretation
Start with the gap between your first and second types. At 5 points or less, the two are within one answer step, so the result page shows both as candidates and asks three questions that compare their motivations and fears. At 6–10 points you get a one-line note about the close second, and margins this narrow are quite common.
The nine scores are calculated separately, so several types can come out high at once. Your wing is chosen only from the two types on either side of yours: with Type 2 at 85 and Type 9 at 75, Type 1 at 55 still beats Type 3 at 40, so your wing is 1 (2w1). A low-scoring type is not irrelevant to you; it is a motivation that showed less in these answers.
Guides to read alongside
- The 9 Enneagram types at a glanceExplore the nine Enneagram types, each with its core motivation, fear, strength, and growth tip, and learn how wings and stress and growth directions are read.
- Enneagram accuracy: what research says and why your type changesGot a different Enneagram type on a retest? What a review of 104 samples found, why tests disagree, why close scores swap, and how to read your result.
- Enneagram type percentages: types 1 to 9 in two Korean student studiesIn two Korean studies of 322 high school and 315 college students, Type 9 was the most common, at 38.8% and 37.5%. Shares of types 1 to 9, and how to read them.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Enneagram test tell me?
It shows which of the nine types fits you best and your wing. The statements ask about the motivations and fears beneath behavior, so two people who act alike can still land on different types.
How many questions does the Enneagram test have?
There are 45 statements on a 1-to-5 scale, about 6 minutes, free and with no sign-up. You see a score for all nine types, so look at the gap between your top type and the next two as well.
Two types came out almost tied. What now?
That is common with the Enneagram. Read the core fear on both type pages and ask which reaction feels more familiar under stress. The type whose “why” fits you, rather than its behavior, is more likely to be yours.
What is a wing, and how is it chosen?
Your wing is whichever of the two neighboring types scores higher. A Type 4, for example, shows as 4w3 or 4w5 depending on whether 3 or 5 is stronger. The same type can feel quite different depending on its wing.
How reliable is an Enneagram result?
The Enneagram grew out of a tradition of self-reflection and has not been tested as thoroughly as research tools like the Big Five. Rather than settling on a type at once, check over a few weeks whether it fits how you act in real conflicts and recoveries.
How is the Enneagram different from MBTI?
They look at different layers. MBTI describes preferences such as where you get energy and how you decide, while the Enneagram looks at the core motivations and fears that drive that behavior. People with the same MBTI type can have different Enneagram types, and reading both separates the “how” from the “why”. There is no official table that maps one onto the other, so read each on its own.