Last updated 26 August 2026
Two ways to reverse
Character mode flips every single letter, turning "hello" into "olleh" — useful for palindrome checks, novelty text, or mirror-writing effects. Word order mode keeps each word spelled correctly but reverses their sequence, so "hello there" becomes "there hello" — closer to how you'd unscramble a jumbled sentence.
Reversed, flipped and mirrored are three different things
This tool reverses character order: the last character becomes the first. What it does not do is flip letters into their mirror images, which is a separate trick using look-alike characters from other alphabets. If you wanted text that reads backwards in a mirror, reversing the order is only half of it.
Modern text makes reversal less simple than it sounds. Many emoji, flags and skin-tone variants are built from several code points joined together, and reversing blindly can split them into pieces or change what they show. Accented letters written as a base letter plus a combining mark can end up with the mark attached to the wrong neighbour.
Right-to-left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew are a further case: they are already displayed right to left, so reversing the stored order usually produces something that looks wrong rather than mirrored.
Common questions
What's the difference between the two modes?
Character mode flips every single letter, so 'hello' becomes 'olleh'. Word mode keeps each word spelled normally but reverses their order, so 'hello there' becomes 'there hello'.
What is this actually used for?
Common uses include checking whether a phrase is a palindrome, creating novelty or puzzle text, mirror-writing effects, and simple text obfuscation for games or riddles.
Does it work with emoji and other languages?
Yes for most text, though a small number of emoji built from multiple joined characters may not reverse cleanly, since flipping their order can break the joining sequence that makes them display as one symbol.