Add Accents to a String
Randomly sprinkle combining diacritics over the letters of a string. Runs entirely in your browser, so your data never leaves your device.
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Output
The result appears here as you type.
How to use Add Accents to a String
- 1. Paste the string to decorate. Type or paste the text you want to sprinkle with diacritics into the input pane. Short words, sentences or whole paragraphs all work the same way.
- 2. Set the percent of letters to accent. Choose a low percent for a subtle sprinkle of umlauts and acutes on a few letters, or a high percent to push toward a dense, zalgo-like effect across the whole string.
- 3. Copy the accented result. Copy the output once you like the density of combining marks and paste it wherever you need decorated or glitchy-looking text.
When to use Add Accents to a String
Add Accents to a String scatters combining diacritics over the letters of any text, turning plain words into something visually noisy or stylized. It is a decoration tool, not a real transliteration, so the underlying letters stay readable while marks pile on top.
- Stylized usernames and bios. Someone wants their Discord display name or social bio to stand out with a scattering of accent marks over otherwise normal letters, without learning Unicode combining characters by hand.
- Testing Unicode rendering. A developer wants to check how a text field, font or terminal handles combining diacritical marks stacked on ordinary ASCII letters before shipping a feature that accepts arbitrary Unicode input.
- Horror or glitch aesthetics. A creepypasta post, ARG puzzle, or spooky flavor text benefits from a light dusting of accent marks that makes normal words look subtly wrong, well short of full zalgo corruption.
- Demonstrating combining characters. A teacher or writer explaining how Unicode combining marks attach to base letters uses this tool to generate a quick before-and-after example at a chosen intensity.
Examples
Accent every letter
Input
hello
Output
h́élĺ́ó
About the Add Accents to a String tool
Add Accents to a String is a free online tool that works entirely inside your web browser. Randomly sprinkle combining diacritics over the letters of a string. Because the processing happens on your own device, nothing you enter is uploaded, logged or stored anywhere.
This page is one of 159 String utilities on EditSafely. Each one does a single job well, and all of them follow the same rule: your input stays on your machine.
You can shape the output with the Percent of letters to accent setting, and the result refreshes the moment you change it. A worked example further down the page shows exactly what the tool produces for a real input.
Because nothing leaves your device, the tool is suitable for sensitive content such as internal documents, credentials or customer data. It also responds instantly, since every keystroke is handled on your own machine rather than by a remote API.
Frequently asked questions
Does Add Accents to a String cost anything?
Yes, it is completely free. All 2,658 tools on EditSafely work without an account, a subscription or usage limits.
Is it safe to paste sensitive or confidential data?
No data leaves your device. The whole tool is JavaScript that runs inside your browser tab, so there is no upload, no server-side processing and no log of what you did. If you disconnect from the internet after the page loads, it keeps working.
How much text can I process at once?
There is no fixed limit. Because the work happens on your own device rather than on a shared server, the practical ceiling is your machine's memory, which comfortably handles inputs far larger than typical online tools allow.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Nothing to install and no account needed. Open the page in any up-to-date browser, including on a phone or tablet, and the tool is ready.
How do I use the result?
The output panel has a one-click copy button, and you can keep refining the input while you work; the result updates in place as you type.