Type Arabic With English Letters
Yes — type an Arabic word directly into the box above using ordinary English letters, e.g. "shokran". Your own keys stay Latin; once the word is recognized confidently, a single suggested Arabic result appears below the box. Apply accepts it, Dismiss leaves your typed text unchanged — nothing converts on its own.
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Examples
- shokranشكرا"thank you"
- habibiحبيبي"my dear"
- kitabكتاب"book"
Reference table
A few of the English letter groups this page recognizes — short vowels are genuinely ambiguous in Arabic spelling, so the ranked candidates (not a fixed rule) decide between "written" and "silent" readings.
| English letters | Arabic letter |
|---|---|
| sh | ش |
| kh | خ |
| gh | غ |
| th | ث / ذ |
| ee | ي |
| oo | و |
Supported layouts and modes
- English-convention letter groups (sh, kh, gh, th, ee, oo, aa, ii, and more)
- One suggested result at a time, ranked internally against a shared Arabic dictionary
- URLs, emails, hashtags, usernames, numbers, and existing Arabic are never converted
- Direct Arabic typing gets its own spelling suggestions from the same shared dictionary
Limitations
- This is a heuristic transliteration, not a phonetic transcription system — short vowels and some consonant pairs are genuinely ambiguous and may need a different candidate than the top one.
- A single letter is too ambiguous to convert on its own; type at least two letters before a candidate appears.
- For French-language conventions, see the dedicated French page on ClavierArabe.ai instead.
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