About the Anagram Checker
Two words or phrases are anagrams when one can be made by rearranging the letters of the other, using every letter exactly once. Listen and silent are a classic pair. This checker compares the letters of two texts, ignoring spaces, capital letters, punctuation and accents, and tells you whether they match. When they do not, it shows which letters are left over in each. Type the two words or phrases and the anagrams appears at once, with a few related figures underneath, and you can copy the result with one tap. The sums run in your browser, so nothing you enter is uploaded.
Updated October 2026
How to use the Anagram Checker
- 1Enter the two words or phrases.
- 2Pick the units or options from the menus if the anagrams tool offers them.
- 3Read the anagrams in the large result box.
- 4Look at the extra rows for related figures.
- 5Press Copy result to keep the answer.
When you need the anagrams
People use anagram checks for word games, crosswords, puzzles and quizzes, and for checking a name puzzle or a riddle. Teachers use them in spelling and logic exercises, and programmers meet the test in coding interviews.
The tool ignores accents, so Éclair and Claire can be anagrams. It also ignores digits' position but counts digits as letters, which lets it check things like number strings.
How the anagrams is worked out
The letters of each text are counted. If every letter appears the same number of times in both, they are anagrams. Listen and Silent are anagrams, with six letters each. So are dormitory and dirty room, and the eyes and they see. Hello and world are not: hello has the extra letters e, h and l, and world has d, r and w.
Every answer on this page comes from that one rule, so you can check any result by hand with a calculator. The figures shown underneath, such as other units, are conversions of the same answer.
- Phrases with spaces
- Ignores accents and capitals
- Shows leftover letters
Mistakes to avoid with anagrams
An identical pair, such as abc and abc, is reported as the same word rather than as a true anagram, because an anagram is normally a different arrangement. Everything is compared in your browser, so the text stays private. A phrase with no letters at all cannot be an anagram.
On phone and computer
On a phone, type into the boxes one after another and read the anagrams underneath; Copy result puts it on the clipboard for a message or a note. On a computer the inputs sit on the left and the answer on the right, so you can change one figure and watch the anagrams move. The anagram checker works the same on both. For other word checks, Text Extractor pulls words out of a longer passage, Reverse Text flips letters, Word Counter counts words, and Case Converter makes both words use the same case before you compare.
Features
- Only letters count
- Same word is not an anagram
- Works with digits too
- Clear messages when the anagrams inputs make no sense
- Copy the result with one tap
- Private: nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
How do I calculate anagrams?
The letters of each text are counted. If every letter appears the same number of times in both, they are anagrams. Listen and Silent are anagrams, with six letters each. So are dormitory and dirty room, and the eyes and they see. Hello and world are not: hello has the extra letters e, h and l, and world has d, r and w.
What is the formula for anagrams?
The letters of each text are counted. If every letter appears the same number of times in both, they are anagrams. The anagram checker applies it exactly and rounds only the displayed answer to six significant figures.
Is a word an anagram of itself?
Technically the same letters in the same order are not a different arrangement. The tool says the words are the same.
Are spaces and punctuation counted?
No. Only letters and digits are compared.
What are famous anagrams?
Listen and silent, evil and vile, the eyes and they see, astronomer and moon starer.
Is this anagram checker free and private?
Yes. It is free, needs no account and runs in your browser, so the numbers you type are not uploaded or stored.