How to use it
- Paste or type the text into Text. The reversed text updates as you type.
- Choose Reverse by: characters, words or lines.
- Copy the Reversed text, or save it with Download.
- Read Items reversed to see how many characters, words or lines were turned around.
Reversing by characters
Reversing by characters turns the text around one character at a time, as a reader sees a character. Unicode's rules for grapheme clusters (UAX #29) decide where a character may be split, so a letter with its accent written as a separate mark stays whole. So does an emoji with a skin tone, a family of emoji joined with zero-width joiners, a flag made of two regional indicators, and the Windows line end CR LF.
Reversing by words and by lines
- Words: the words change places. The spaces stay where they were, and a comma or an exclamation mark stays with its word: Hello, world! Café becomes Café world! Hello,
- Lines: the lines change places. Each line end stays in its place, and a line end at the very end of the text stays there too.
- Reversing by words or lines does not change the characters of any word or line.
What reversing does not do
- It does not keep the sense of a sentence. Reversing the words of a sentence gives the words in the opposite order, which usually reads as nonsense.
- It does not change how a right-to-left script such as Arabic or Hebrew is displayed. The characters are turned around in the order they were typed.
Worked example: three ways of reversing
Reversed by characters, Café has the same four characters in the opposite order, and the accent stays on the e. Reversed by words, the sentence Hello, world! Café keeps its three words whole and only their order changes.
| Text | Reverse by | Reversed text | Items reversed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Café | Characters | éfaC | 4 |
| Hello, world! Café | Words | Café world! Hello, | 3 |
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between reversing by characters and by words?
Reversing by characters turns every character around, so Café becomes éfaC. Reversing by words keeps each word whole and changes only the order of the words, so Hello, world! Café becomes Café world! Hello,.
Why does the accent stay on the letter when I reverse by characters?
An accented letter can be one character or a letter followed by a separate accent mark. The tool follows Unicode's grapheme rules (UAX #29), which keep the mark with its letter, so the accent stays on the e after reversing.
Do emoji families and flags stay intact?
Yes. A family of emoji joined with zero-width joiners stays in one piece, and so does a pair of regional indicators that makes a flag. The rules of Unicode's grapheme clusters require this.
Does reversing lines change the line breaks?
The line ends stay where they were, so a text with Windows line ends keeps them. Only the order of the lines changes.
Does my text leave my device?
No. The text is reversed in your browser and is not stored or sent to our server.
Sources
Figures and text last checked on Thursday, November 12, 2026.