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Anagram Checker

Check whether two words or phrases are anagrams: the same letters and numbers the same number of times. Ignores case, accents and spaces. How it works

Use the Anagram Checker

Anagram check
Type a word in each box

About the Anagram Checker

Two texts are anagrams when they use the same letters and numbers the same number of times, in any order. "listen" and "silent" are anagrams (both sort to eilnst) and "hello" and "world" are not. The checker ignores case, accents, spaces and punctuation, so "Dormitory" and "dirty room" match, and it reads letters in any script.

Pairs and what the checker says

PairFirst, foldedSecond, foldedVerdict
listen / silentlistensilentAnagrams
Dormitory / dirty roomdormitorydirtyroomAnagrams
The eyes / They seetheeyestheyseeAnagrams
Astronomer / Moon starerastronomermoonstarerAnagrams
résumé / resumeresumeresumeAnagrams
12 34 / 43 2112344321Anagrams
abc / abccabcabccNot anagrams
hello / worldhelloworldNot anagrams
!!! / ???nonenoneType a letter or number in both boxes

Folded means lower-cased, with Latin accent marks, spaces, punctuation and emoji removed. The folded texts are compared letter by letter after sorting.

How to use this tool

  1. Type or paste one word or phrase in each box.
  2. Read the Anagram check result: "Anagrams" or "Not anagrams".
  3. If a box holds no letter or number, the page asks for one instead of giving a verdict.

Frequently asked questions

Does an anagram checker ignore spaces, capitals and punctuation?
This one does. Spaces, punctuation, emoji and capital letters are ignored, so "Dormitory" and "dirty room" are anagrams. Digits count as characters: "12 34" and "43 21" match too.
How do you check if two words are anagrams?
Write each word without spaces and put its letters in alphabetical order. If the two sorted strings are the same, the words are anagrams. "night" and "thing" both sort to ghint. A quicker first test is length: "stressed" and "desserts" both have 8 letters, so they can match, while two words of different lengths never can.
Do accents matter in an anagram check?
Not for Latin letters: the accent marks are dropped, so "résumé" and "resume" are the same word. Marks of other scripts, such as Devanagari vowel signs, are kept, because dropping them would change the word.
Why does the page ask for a letter or number instead of saying "not anagrams"?
If one box holds only symbols, such as "!!!", there is nothing to compare. The page shows "Type a letter or number in both boxes" instead of a verdict. Two empty boxes show a prompt too.
Can it find anagrams of a word?
No. It compares the two texts you type and has no word list. When they do not match, it does not say which letters differ.

Checking a pair of words

A cryptic crossword clue that says confused or broken often hides an anagram of the words next to it, and a guess is only right if every letter is used once. Type the clue words in one box and your answer in the other: orchestra against carthorse comes back as anagrams, and the verdict changes with each letter you type. A link such as ?word1=listen&word2=silent fills both boxes.

To check a pair by hand, strip the spaces and compare the lengths first: if they differ, the pair cannot match. If they are equal, cross off each letter of the first text in the second. One letter left over on either side means the pair fails, which is the check the page runs for you. It reads words in any script and digits too.

What counts as the same letters

Both texts are folded, their letters are sorted, and the two sorted strings are compared. Folding lower-cases the text, splits accented letters into a base letter and a mark, drops the Latin accent marks, and keeps only letters, numbers and the marks of other scripts. Spaces, punctuation and emoji are ignored, so résumé equals resume.

Two texts are anagrams when the sorted strings are identical, which means every letter and number appears the same number of times. Example: listen and silent both sort to eilnst, so they match. abc and abcc do not, because c appears once on one side and twice on the other.

Limits: each box takes up to 10,000 characters, and longer text shows a message instead of a verdict. If a box holds nothing but symbols, such as !!!, the tool asks for a letter or number rather than saying the texts are not anagrams. Marks of other scripts, such as Devanagari vowel signs, are kept and compared along with their letters.

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