Random Letter Generator
Draw random letters from the whole alphabet, vowels or consonants.
Random Letter Generator: the tool
Settings
Up to 200, or up to the size of the set when letters cannot repeat.
Result
Choose your letters and press Generate.
Choose which letters, how many and in what case, then press Generate. Use it for word games, category games where everyone must start with the same letter, spelling practice and picking a starting letter for a name. The draw happens in your browser.
How it works
Letters are drawn from your browser's cryptographic random generator, and every letter in the set has exactly the same chance. The full set has 26 letters, the vowels set has 5 (A, E, I, O and U) and the consonants set has 21. Letters are not weighted by how often they appear in English, so Q and Z come up as often as E and T.
Case is applied after the letter is chosen. UPPERCASE and lowercase give every letter in that case, and Mixed gives each letter a one in two chance of being capital, drawn independently. With Never repeat a letter ticked, each letter appears at most once, and a letter counts as a repeat whatever its case, so a and A cannot both appear.
You can show a single letter in very large type, which suits a game played in a room, or a row of letters to copy. The Separator setting decides how the letters are joined when copied: nothing at all makes a string such as QKTLB, and a comma, space or new line makes a list.
How to use it
- Choose which letters to draw from: all of them, vowels only or consonants only.
- Choose UPPERCASE, lowercase or Mixed, and enter how many letters you want.
- Tick Never repeat a letter if each letter may appear only once.
- Press Generate, then copy the letters or press Generate again for new ones.
Example
Eight different capital letters drawn with a fixed sequence. Your own draws will differ each time.
What was set
- Letters
- all 26, uppercase
- How many
- 8, never repeating
What came out
- Letters
- I N Q X A O Z T
Good to know
- You can draw up to 200 letters at a time. With no repeats, you can draw at most as many letters as the set contains: 26, 5 or 21.
- Only the 26 letters of the English alphabet are used. Accented letters and other alphabets are not included.
- The letters are random, so the result is rarely a pronounceable word. For random words, use the word generator.
Questions people ask
Are all letters equally likely?
Yes. Each letter in the chosen set has the same probability, whatever its place in the alphabet and however common it is in English. That makes the generator good for games where fairness matters, and poor for generating realistic text.
How do I get a random letter for a category game?
Leave the count at 1 and the letters on all, then press Generate. If the letter is awkward, such as Q or X, press again, or draw consonants and vowels separately to build the round together.
Can I generate only vowels or only consonants?
Yes. Use Which letters to choose vowels only or consonants only. Y is counted as a consonant here.
Can a letter appear more than once?
Yes, unless you tick Never repeat a letter. For a short run of letters, repeats are common: the chance of any repeat among eight letters from 26 is more than one in two.
Can I use the letters as a code or a password?
For a password, use the password generator, which also mixes in digits and symbols and tells you the strength. A string of letters from this tool is fine for a game or a simple label, not for protecting an account.