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Upside Down Text Generator

Flip your text so it reads correctly when someone turns their phone around.

11 characters
Reading order

Result

Your text as upside-down text.

Other ways to write it

Flipped (reads right when rotated) Your text in Flipped (reads right when rotated)
Flipped letters, same order Your text in Flipped letters, same order
Each word flipped in place Your text in Each word flipped in place
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How upside-down text works

AU+0041Latin capital A
∀U+2200A different character that looks styled

There’s no “rotate” setting in plain text, so upside-down text is an illusion built from look-alike characters. Each letter is replaced with one that resembles it turned 180 degrees: a becomes ɐ, e becomes ǝ, h becomes ɥ, and so on. Most come from the International Phonetic Alphabet and other Latin extensions, which is why they display on nearly every phone.

Swapping letters is only half the trick. To read correctly when the screen is turned around, the text also has to run backwards — the last letter first. That’s the default Reversed order. Same order keeps your letter order, for a flipped look that reads left to right. Per word flips each word in place and keeps the sentence order.

Symmetrical letters like o, s, x and z stay the same. A handful of capitals have no convincing counterpart; the tool lists any it had to leave unchanged under the result, so you know exactly what your reader will see.

Frequently asked questions

How does upside-down text work?

Each letter is swapped for a character that looks rotated 180°, such as ɐ for a and ʇ for t. Then the order is reversed, so the text reads correctly when the screen is turned upside down.

Why do some letters look the same upside down?

Letters like o, s, x and z are symmetrical, so they don’t need a replacement. A few capitals, such as B, D and Q, have no good upside-down look-alike and stay as they are.

What’s the difference between the reading orders?

Reversed reads right when rotated. Same order keeps the letters where you typed them, so the text only looks flipped. Per word flips each word but keeps the words in order.

Does upside-down text work in every app?

Most modern phones and computers display these characters, since they come from phonetic and Latin extension blocks. A few rare ones, like ⅁ or ⅄, can show as boxes on older devices.

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