Lorem Ipsum Generator
Free Lorem Ipsum generator: paragraphs, sentences, words or lists as plain text, HTML, Markdown or JSON — plus the full standard passage.
Quick presets
The standard Lorem Ipsum passage
This is the passage itself, unchanged. It has been the reference text since the 1960s, and it is what most people mean when they ask for Lorem Ipsum.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Where the words come from
The passage is a corruption of Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum, written in 45 BC. Each row shows the real Latin and what the placeholder text made of it.
Latin quoted from De finibus bonorum et malorum, Book I. The first row is why the text is called Lorem Ipsum: the passage begins part-way through the word dolorem, cutting it to lorem.
| Section | Cicero's Latin | In the passage |
|---|---|---|
| §32 | qui do·lorem ipsum, quia dolor sit, amet | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet |
| §32 | consectetur, adipisci velit | consectetur adipiscing elit |
| §32 | sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt | sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt |
| §32 | ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam | ut labore et dolore magna aliqua |
| §32 | quo voluptas nulla pariatur | eu fugiat nulla pariatur |
| §33 | obcaecati cupiditate non provident | occaecat cupidatat non proident |
| §33 | sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum | sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum |
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Generate Lorem Ipsum Placeholder Text
Make placeholder text in seconds — by paragraphs, sentences, words or list items — and take it away as plain text, HTML, Markdown or JSON. Keep the classic Latin or pick a themed variant, and read the full standard passage below along with the Cicero text it was made from. Everything runs in your browser.
What Is Lorem Ipsum?
Lorem Ipsum is scrambled placeholder text used to fill a design so you can judge layout, typography and spacing without reading the words. It is not random gibberish: it is a garbled version of a real Latin passage by Cicero, reshaped until it carries no meaning but keeps the rhythm and word lengths of ordinary prose. That is exactly why it works — text that looks like language, but says nothing, lets the eye assess the page instead of the copy.
How this generator builds it
Output = N units drawn from a vocabulary, no word repeated back to backHow to Use It
Choose a unit: paragraphs, sentences, words or list items.
Set how many you need.
Pick a vocabulary — classic Latin, or one of the four themed variants.
Choose the output format: plain text, HTML, Markdown or JSON.
Leave Start with the classic opening line ticked to open with that vocabulary's traditional first line, or clear it for text that begins fresh.
Press Generate, then copy the result or download it as a file.
Common Uses
Web and UI design
Fill wireframes, mockups and component libraries with text of a realistic shape.
Development and API mocks
Seed templates, fixtures and endpoints with HTML or JSON placeholder content.
Print and publishing
Mock up brochures, books and presentations before the copy is written.
Client previews
Show a finished-looking draft so feedback lands on the design, not on unfinished text.
Typography testing
Set long passages to check measure, leading and how a typeface behaves at length.
Why Use Lorem Ipsum?
Judge the layout, not the wording
Real copy pulls attention to what it says. Meaningless text of the same shape keeps the review on spacing, hierarchy and line length.
The real passage, in full
The complete standard passage is printed on this page, ready to copy — not just its opening few words.
As much or as little as you need
Up to 200 paragraphs, 1,000 sentences, 10,000 words or 500 list items, and it tells you when a request is capped rather than quietly trimming it.
Drops straight into code
Export HTML paragraphs, Markdown, or a JSON array you can paste into a fixture or an API mock.
Personality when a mockup needs it
Bacon, hipster, cupcake and corporate vocabularies, with their multi-word phrases kept intact so they read the way they are meant to.
Nothing leaves your browser
The text is generated on your device. Nothing is uploaded, logged or stored.
Frequently Asked Questions
Placeholder or dummy text used in design and publishing to fill space so attention stays on the layout rather than the words. The classic version is scrambled Latin.
Nothing coherent. The words are real Latin but they have been reordered and altered until the sentence carries no meaning. The nearest sense in the original Cicero is roughly “nor is there anyone who loves pain itself because it is pain” — but the placeholder version no longer says that, or anything else.
From Cicero's De finibus bonorum et malorum, a Latin treatise on ethics written in 45 BC. Sections 32 and 33 of Book I supply nearly every fragment of the standard passage. The table on this page sets the real Latin beside what the placeholder text made of it.
Because it does, literally. Cicero wrote dolorem ipsum; the placeholder passage begins part-way through that word, leaving lorem ipsum. The tool is named after a typesetter's truncation.
Real copy distracts reviewers into editing it, and a repeated word gives a false picture of how a block of text sits on the page. Lorem Ipsum has the word-length spread and sentence rhythm of ordinary prose, which is what makes a layout preview honest.
Up to 200 paragraphs, 1,000 sentences, 10,000 words or 500 list items. Ask for more than that and the page says so rather than silently giving you less.
Set the output format. HTML wraps each block in a paragraph tag, or a list in an unordered list; Markdown gives plain blocks and dashes; JSON gives an array of strings ready for a fixture or an API mock.
Joke vocabularies that fill the same role as the Latin but read as food, trends, sweets or office jargon. They keep their multi-word phrases whole — ham hock, low-hanging fruit, single-origin coffee — which is the whole point of them.
No. The text is produced in your browser and never uploaded or stored. You can use this page offline once it has loaded.