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PricingAboutSupportHebrew Tattoo Checker
Before it's permanent: what the phrase actually says, whether it reads the way a native speaker would say it, and the specific mistakes tattoo shops make most often.
Type the phrase and press Check to get the meaning, how natural it reads, and a better version if there is one.
The Six Mistakes
Most bad Hebrew tattoos come from a small, repeatable set of mistakes rather than pure guesswork. A final letter used mid-word: Hebrew has five letters that take a different shape at the end of a word (ך ם ן ף ץ), and a design that uses the end-shape in the middle reads as a spelling error to anyone literate in Hebrew. The mirror image of that: a regular letter used where a final letter belongs, at the very end of a word.
Mixed alphabets: a Latin letter or number slipped into a Hebrew word, usually from a font or design tool that didn't render a character correctly. Mirrored or reversed text: Hebrew is read right to left, and a design tool unaware of that can flip the letter order, producing a phrase that looks Hebrew-ish but isn't readable.
Then two mistakes only a fluent reading catches: unnatural phrasing, a sentence built by translating English word for word into grammatically valid but strange-sounding Hebrew, and the wrong meaning entirely, where the phrase says something adjacent to, but not, what the wearer intended.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What mistakes does it catch?
A final letter used in the middle of a word, a regular letter used where a final letter belongs, mixed Hebrew and Latin characters, text that reads as mirrored or reversed, an unnatural or overly literal phrasing, and a meaning that isn't what the wearer thinks it is.
Does it check the phrase instantly?
The letter-shape and mirroring checks run instantly as you type, with no network call. The meaning, naturalness and phrasing check calls the translator and takes a moment.
Can I print a stencil?
The three-font preview has a Print Stencil button that opens your browser's print dialog on just that preview, with the skin-tone background kept for the printout.