How to use the lorem ipsum generator
- 1Choose Paragraphs, Sentences, Words or List items.
- 2Enter how many you need. The text updates as you change options.
- 3Untick Start with “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet…” for text that starts randomly, and tick Output HTML for
<p>or<ul>/<li>tags. - 4Press Generate new text for a different version, then Copy or Download.
3 list items as HTML
List items · 3 · Start with “Lorem ipsum…” · Output HTML
<ul> <li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</li> <li>Elit nostrud culpa ullamco mollit</li> <li>Eiusmod cillum porro voluptate enim</li> </ul>
Real output; the words after the opening line are random, so yours will differ.
Paragraphs, sentences, words or lists
Sentences are 6 to 14 words long, sometimes with a comma, and paragraphs have 4 to 7 sentences, which roughly matches the rhythm of real prose, so line lengths and paragraph shapes in a mockup look believable. Words gives an exact word count, useful for testing a 50-word card (check the length with the character counter). List items gives short 3–7 word phrases for menus, bullet lists and navigation. The footer shows the word and character count of the result.
Plain text vs HTML
Plain text separates paragraphs with a blank line, which is what word processors and design tools expect when you paste. Output HTML wraps each paragraph in <p>…</p>, or list items in <ul> and <li>, ready to paste into a template or CMS. Preview HTML output in the HTML viewer.
Where lorem ipsum comes from
The standard passage is a scrambled excerpt of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum (“On the ends of good and evil”), written in 45 BC. “Lorem ipsum” is a fragment of “dolorem ipsum” (“pain itself”), from a passage arguing that nobody seeks pain for its own sake. Typesetters used it as dummy text long before computers, and it spread with Letraset transfer sheets in the 1960s and desktop publishing software later. Because the words look like Latin but mean nothing, readers judge the layout rather than the content.
When to use real content instead
Placeholder text hides problems real text exposes: German and Finnish words are long and break narrow columns, product names overflow buttons, and real headlines are rarely the same length. Use real or realistic copy for usability tests, headings, navigation labels and anything with a character limit. Remove every trace before launch: search your pages for “lorem”, because search engines index placeholder text that slips into production and screen readers read it aloud.
Is anything I enter stored?
This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your text is not uploaded to our servers.