The complete standard passage and its original Latin source, one click to copy.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
The standard Lorem Ipsum is not random. It is a scrambled extract of a philosophical text by Cicero, De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum (On the Ends of Good and Evil), written in 45 BC. Words were dropped, cut in half and reordered, which is why "dolorem" turned into the famous opening "Lorem".
Typesetters were using versions of it as filler text long before computers, and it became the default dummy text in desktop publishing software. Today almost every design tool ships with it.
Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur? Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas nulla pariatur?
Compare both texts and you will spot the origin of "dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit" in the original sentence. Need a different length? Use the Lorem Ipsum copy tool or pick an exact size on the word count page.
The text most people mean is the standard 69-word paragraph used by designers since the 1960s. The original source is a longer Latin passage from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of Cicero's De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum.
The standard paragraph has 69 words and 4 sentences, about 445 characters with spaces.
Not as written. The words are cut and rearranged from Cicero's Latin, so it reads like language without forming real sentences. The phrase 'dolorem ipsum' in the original means 'pain itself'.