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Unicode Normalizer

Normalize text to NFC, NFD, NFKC, or NFKD — fix look-alike characters and strip diacritics.

Runs locally in your browser. Your input is not uploaded.

How to Use

  1. 1

    Paste your text

    Especially text from mixed sources that fails comparisons.

  2. 2

    Pick a normalization form

    NFC for storage, NFKC for search, NFD/NFKD to inspect decomposition.

  3. 3

    Copy the normalized text

    Stats show how many code points changed.

Frequently Asked Questions

é can be one code point (U+00E9) or two (e + combining accent) — visually identical, binarily different. Normalizing both to NFC (or NFD) makes comparison work.

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