Home / Pig Latin Translator
Pig Latin Translator
Type English text to get Pig Latin, or switch direction to translate Pig Latin back to English — the reverse direction checks candidate words against the dictionary to pick the real one.
The rules this tool follows
Classic Pig Latin has two rules. If a word starts with one or more consonants, move that whole leading consonant cluster to the end of the word and add "ay" — so "pig" becomes "igpay" and "string" becomes "ingstray". If a word starts with a vowel, just add "way" to the end — so "eat" becomes "eatway". Punctuation and capitalisation are preserved as best as possible. Translating back the other way is naturally ambiguous — "ayfay" could unwind a few different ways — so this tool tries the plausible splits and checks each candidate against the site's dictionary, using whichever one is a real word.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the rules for Pig Latin?
- For a word starting with consonants, move the consonant cluster before the first vowel to the end and add "ay". For a word starting with a vowel, just add "way" to the end.
- How does translating back to English work?
- Since Pig Latin's rules are ambiguous in reverse, this tool tries every plausible reconstruction of each word and checks it against the dictionary, picking the one that's a real word. If nothing matches, it falls back to the simplest guess.
- Is my text saved anywhere?
- No — every translation happens locally in your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server or stored.