Lorem ipsum generator: placeholder text in one click
Generate dummy text by paragraphs, sentences or words for layouts, mock-ups and website templates.
How to generate lorem ipsum
- 1Choose paragraphs, sentences or words.
- 2Set how many you need.
- 3Keep or drop the classic "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" opening, and add <p> tags if you are pasting into HTML.
- 4Press Copy result, or Generate again for new text.
The standard lorem ipsum passage
The best-known opening, used by most generators and templates:
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.
After the opening, this generator builds new sentences from the vocabulary of the original passage, so every click gives fresh text with the same look. Untick the opening option if you do not want every block to start with the same words.
Lorem ipsum in design tools
Many apps have a shortcut built in. In Microsoft Word, type =lorem(3,5) and press Enter for three paragraphs of five sentences. In VS Code and other editors with Emmet, type lorem or lorem50 and press Tab. Figma, Sketch and Adobe apps offer placeholder text through plugins or a "Fill with placeholder text" command.
Frequently asked questions
What is lorem ipsum? +
Lorem ipsum is placeholder text used in design and publishing to fill a layout before the real copy is ready. It looks like natural writing, with a normal mix of word lengths, so readers focus on the design instead of reading the words.
What does lorem ipsum mean? +
It is scrambled Latin from "De finibus bonorum et malorum" ("On the ends of good and evil"), written by Cicero in 45 BC. The original passage begins "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet", roughly "nor is there anyone who loves pain itself because it is pain". As placeholder text it has been shortened and rearranged, so it no longer means anything.
Where did lorem ipsum come from? +
Typesetters have used it since at least the 1500s, and it spread to the general public in the 1960s on Letraset transfer sheets and in the 1980s with desktop publishing software such as Aldus PageMaker.
Can I use lorem ipsum for free? +
Yes. The text is derived from a 2,000-year-old Latin work and is in the public domain. Use the generated text freely in personal and commercial work.
How many words are in a paragraph of lorem ipsum? +
Each generated paragraph has four to seven sentences of six to fifteen words, which is roughly 40 to 100 words, about the length of a typical web paragraph.
Why not just use real text? +
Use real copy as soon as you have it, since content shapes design. Lorem ipsum is useful early on, for wireframes, templates and testing how layouts handle different lengths, and it stops reviewers from getting distracted by draft wording. Remember to replace it before publishing.