Anagram Checker
Check whether two words or phrases are anagrams of each other, ignoring case, spaces and punctuation, with a letter-by-letter comparison.
Only letters are compared. Capitals, spaces, punctuation and digits are ignored.
About the Anagram Checker
Enter two words or phrases and press Check Anagram. The tool keeps only the letters, lowercases them, sorts each set alphabetically and compares the two. If both entries contain exactly the same letters the same number of times, they are anagrams: "listen" and "silent", or "Dormitory" and "dirty room".
When the answer is no, the Letter Frequency panel shows why. Every letter is listed with how many times it appears in each entry, and letters whose counts differ are highlighted in red. "Conversation" and "voices rant on" match letter for letter, but compare "astronomer" with "moon starers" and you will see an extra "s" highlighted on one side. The panel appears as soon as both boxes have text, so you can adjust a phrase until every letter lines up.
It is useful for checking crossword and word-game answers, testing a pen name or puzzle you have made up, or teaching how letters can be rearranged. Note that it checks a pair you already have; it does not search a dictionary to find anagrams for you. For words that read the same backwards, use the Palindrome Checker.
How to use the Anagram Checker
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Enter the first word or phrase
Type it into First Word/Phrase. Capitals, spaces and punctuation don't matter.
- 2
Enter the second word or phrase
Type the possible anagram into Second Word/Phrase.
- 3
Press Check Anagram
The result shows "Yes, they are anagrams!" or "No, they are not anagrams." with the number of letters in each entry.
- 4
Look at the letter counts
Use the Letter Frequency panel to find the letters highlighted in red, which appear a different number of times in the other entry.
What it can do
Letters only
Case, spaces, punctuation and digits are ignored, so whole phrases and names can be compared.
Letter-by-letter comparison
Each entry's letter counts are listed side by side, with mismatches highlighted.
Letter totals
The result shows how many letters each entry contains, which quickly reveals a missing or extra letter.
Any alphabet
Letters from any script are counted, not just A to Z.
Limitations
- It does not generate or look up anagrams; there is no dictionary.
- Accented letters are treated as different from plain ones, so "é" does not match "e".
- Digits are ignored, so it cannot compare numbers, and each entry needs at least one letter.
- Two identical words are reported as anagrams, because only the letter counts are compared.
Privacy
Both entries are compared by JavaScript in your browser; nothing you type is sent to FlexyPdf's servers.
Frequently asked questions
Do spaces and punctuation matter?
No. Everything that is not a letter is removed before comparing, so "dirty room" matches "Dormitory" and "Eleven plus two" matches "Twelve plus one".
Can it find anagrams of a word for me?
No. It compares two entries you type. Finding every real word that can be made from a set of letters needs a word list, which this tool does not have.
Is a word an anagram of itself?
The tool will say yes, because the letter counts are identical. In word games an anagram usually has to be a different arrangement, so ignore that result if you entered the same word twice.
Are capital letters treated differently?
No. Both entries are converted to lowercase first, so "Listen" and "SILENT" are reported as anagrams.
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