Pangram Checker
See whether your sentence uses all 26 letters — and exactly which letters are still missing if it doesn’t.
Yes — this is a pangram
Every letter of the alphabet appears at least once.
About pangrams
A pangram packs the whole alphabet into one sentence. Because a few letters — j, q, x and z in particular — are rare in English, the challenge is to include them without the sentence turning into nonsense. That’s why the classic fox-and-dog line has stuck around: it’s a real sentence that happens to be complete.
Type-designers and keyboard testers reach for pangrams because a single line shows every letter at once. When you’re building your own, the missing-letters list here tells you exactly what you still need to work in.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a pangram?
A pangram is a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet at least once. "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is the classic English example — all 26 letters appear.
How does the checker decide?
It scans your text for distinct letters A–Z, ignoring case and any non-letters, and compares the set against the full 26-letter alphabet. If none are missing, it's a pangram; otherwise it lists the letters you still need.
Do capital letters, numbers, or punctuation matter?
No. Case is ignored, and digits, spaces, and punctuation are skipped. Only which letters appear counts, not how many times or in what form.
What's a perfect pangram?
A perfect (or "heterogram") pangram uses each of the 26 letters exactly once, with no repeats — a much harder puzzle. This tool checks ordinary pangrams, where each letter must appear at least once but repeats are fine.
Why are pangrams useful?
They're used to display every letter of a typeface, to test keyboards and fonts, and as a wordplay challenge. Writing a short, natural-sounding pangram is a genuinely tricky puzzle.
A helper for wordplay and type testing, not an authority. It checks the 26-letter English alphabet only; other alphabets and accented letters are outside its scope.