Lorem Ipsum Generator is a free tool that creates placeholder text for designs, mock-ups and templates. Choose how many paragraphs, sentences or words you need, start with the classic “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”, and copy it as plain text or as HTML paragraphs ready to paste into a web page.
How to generate Lorem Ipsum
- Choose Paragraphs, Sentences or Words, and enter how many.
- Pick Plain text, or HTML to get each paragraph wrapped in
<p>tags. - Click Copy, or Generate new for different text of the same length.
How much text do you need?
- Button or menu label: 1–3 words.
- Headline: 5–10 words.
- Card or product description: 25–50 words.
- Blog post preview: 1–2 paragraphs.
- Full article layout: 5–8 paragraphs.
Test with real-length content: a design that only works with short text often breaks with real headlines or translations, which can be 30% longer in languages such as German.
Where Lorem Ipsum comes from
The text is a scrambled extract from De finibus bonorum et malorum (“On the Ends of Good and Evil”), written by Cicero in 45 BC. Printers used it as dummy text from the 1500s, and it spread to desktop publishing and web design because it looks like natural language without distracting readers with meaning.
To check the length of your real text, use the Word Counter. For README files and docs, write and preview them with the Markdown Previewer.
Frequently asked questions
What is Lorem Ipsum?
Scrambled Latin used as placeholder text since the 1500s. It comes from a passage in Cicero’s “On the Ends of Good and Evil” (45 BC). Because it isn’t readable, people judge a design’s layout and typography instead of reading the words.
What does “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet” mean?
Roughly “pain itself, because it is pain”. The words are cut and altered from Cicero’s original, so most of the text has no real meaning.
Can I get an exact number of words?
Yes. Choose Words and enter the number, for example 150 words for a product description or 50 for a card, to check how your layout handles that length.
Should I publish a page with Lorem Ipsum?
No. Replace it before going live: search engines see it as low-quality content, and visitors find it confusing. A search for “lorem” across your site before launch catches forgotten placeholders.
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