Lorem Ipsum Generator

Generate placeholder text in paragraphs, sentences or words.

Text Tools Free, no sign-up Runs in your browser

Lorem Ipsum Generator tool

—

About the Lorem Ipsum Generator

Lorem Ipsum Generator produces the scrambled Latin placeholder text designers have used since the days of metal type. Its purpose is to fill a layout with something that has the rhythm and texture of real writing without saying anything, so that people reviewing a design look at the design instead of reading the words.

You choose the unit and the amount: paragraphs, sentences, words or characters. Paragraph length varies naturally rather than being identical every time, which gives a more realistic page. An option starts the first paragraph with the traditional opening phrase, which many clients expect to see.

Output can come out as plain text or wrapped in HTML paragraph tags, ready to paste straight into a template. For user interface work, generating by word or character count is usually more useful than by paragraph, because it lets you test exactly how a headline or card behaves at its real length.

How to use the Lorem Ipsum Generator

  1. Choose a unitParagraphs, sentences, words or characters, depending on what your layout needs.
  2. Set the amountEnter how many you want.
  3. Pick the output formatPlain text, or wrapped in HTML paragraph tags for pasting into a template.
  4. Generate and copyPress Generate for a fresh batch, then copy or download it.

Features

  • Generate by paragraph, sentence, word or character
  • Natural variation in sentence and paragraph length
  • Optional traditional opening phrase
  • Plain text or HTML paragraph output
  • A new result on every press, not the same block each time
  • Copy and download
  • Shows the word and character count of what was generated

Who uses this tool

The lorem ipsum generator is used by writers, developers, students, marketers and anyone else who needs the job done once without installing software. Common cases include:

  • Filling a page mockup before the real copy exists
  • Testing how a card or heading behaves at different text lengths
  • Populating a content management system while building a template
  • Checking line length and readability of a typographic choice
  • Creating sample records for a demo or a test fixture

Frequently asked questions

Why use nonsense Latin instead of real text?

Because readable text pulls attention away from the design. Placeholder text has the visual rhythm of language without meaning, so reviewers judge spacing, hierarchy and line length rather than the words.

Does Lorem Ipsum mean anything?

Not as written. It comes from a first-century Latin text that was scrambled centuries ago by a typesetter, which is why fragments look almost like Latin but do not parse as sentences.

Should I ever ship placeholder text?

No. Placeholder text that reaches a live site is a common and embarrassing mistake. Search for the word lorem across your project before launching.

Why does the result change every time?

Sentences are assembled from a word pool with varying length, so each press gives a different block. That is more realistic than repeating one fixed passage, and it lets you test a layout against several lengths.

Can I generate an exact number of characters?

Yes. Choose characters as the unit and the output is trimmed to that length at a word boundary, which is what you want when testing a field with a hard limit.

Does the HTML option escape anything?

The generated words contain no characters that need escaping, so the HTML output is simply each paragraph wrapped in a paragraph tag, ready to paste.

If the lorem ipsum generator is not quite what you need, these other free tools solve closely related problems.

Word Counter

Live word, character, sentence and paragraph counts with a reading-time estimate.

Text Tools Use tool

Character Counter

Character, word, line and paragraph counts that update as you type.

Text Tools Use tool

Text Cleaner

Tidy messy pasted text: extra spaces, empty lines, breaks and special characters.

Text Tools Use tool

Case Converter

Convert any text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case and more.

Text Tools Use tool

HTML Encoder & Decoder

Escape angle brackets and quotes to HTML entities, or decode them back.

Encoding & Conversion Use tool