Pangram Checker

How to use the Pangram Checker

1. 1Enter a sentence.
2. 2Pick the units or options from the menus if the pangram tool offers them.
3. 3Read the pangram in the large result box.
4. 4Look at the extra rows for related figures.
5. 5Press Copy result to keep the answer.

When you need the pangram

Typographers use pangrams to show off fonts. Typing teachers use them to practise every key, and puzzle makers write new ones.

Short pangrams are a game: the sentence Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs has 32 letters. A perfect pangram, with exactly 26 letters, is rare and often uses odd words.

How the pangram is worked out

Take the letters A to Z in your text, ignoring case, and check that all 26 appear. A sentence where no letter appears twice is an isogram. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses all 26 letters, so it is a pangram. The word Hello is missing 22 letters, and it is not an isogram because L repeats.

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.

• Shows missing letters
• Isogram check
• Most common letter

Mistakes to avoid with pangram

Only the letters A to Z count here. Accented letters are treated as other characters, so a sentence in another language may show missing letters.

On phone and computer

On a phone, type into the boxes one after another and read the pangram 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 pangram move. The pangram checker works the same on both.

Checking your pangram by hand

A good habit is to test the pangram checker with a case you already know. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses all 26 letters, so it is a pangram. The word Hello is missing 22 letters, and it is not an isogram because L repeats.

If your own figures give a surprising answer, repeat the working yourself: Take the letters A to Z in your text, ignoring case, and check that all 26 appear. A sentence where no letter appears twice is an isogram. Small differences usually come from rounding, from mixing units, or from a typing slip in one of the inputs. A pangram uses every letter, and other word games use letters in other ways. Test two words with the Anagram Checker, find mirror words with the Palindrome Checker, and swap letters for a puzzle with the Atbash Cipher.

Features

• Only A to Z counts
• Case is ignored
• Great for fonts and typing practice
• Clear messages when the pangram inputs make no sense
• Copy the result with one tap
• Private: nothing is uploaded

Frequently asked questions