About this pangram checker
A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet at least once. The most famous English pangram, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog,” has been used for over a century to test typewriters, fonts, and keyboards. A perfect pangram uses each of the 26 letters exactly once, which is very hard to write naturally. This checker counts every letter, ignoring case, numbers, and punctuation, lists the missing letters starting with the rarest (Z, Q, X, and J are usually the hardest to fit in), and rates your text as a perfect pangram, a pangram, almost a pangram, or not yet.
How to check a pangram
- Enter your sentence. Type your own attempt or press one of the famous pangrams.
- Press Check pangram. See whether all 26 letters are there and which ones are missing.
- Improve it. Use the letter grid to see what is missing or repeated, edit your sentence, and check again.
Frequently asked questions
What is the shortest pangram?
A perfect pangram has exactly 26 letters. Examples such as “Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx” reach it by using abbreviations and rare words.
Why are pangrams used to show fonts?
Because they display every letter in a short, readable line, designers and font menus use them to show how a whole typeface looks at once.
Do capital letters or punctuation matter?
No. Upper and lower case count as the same letter, and numbers, spaces, and punctuation are ignored.
What about accented letters like é or ü?
With the accent option on, they count as their plain letters, so “café” provides an e. Turn it off to count only unaccented letters.
Which letters are hardest to include?
The rarest English letters, Z, Q, X, and J, followed by K and V. Words such as quiz, jinx, and vex are favorites for packing them in.