🇺🇦 Free Ukrainian tool
Ukrainian keyboard online
Type in Latin letters and watch it turn into Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, or tap the keys below.
About the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet
Ukrainian is written in its own version of the Cyrillic alphabet, the script that grew out of Old Church Slavonic writing in the 9th and 10th centuries. The modern 33-letter alphabet shares most letters with Russian but has four of its own: Ґ, Є, І and Ї, while it does not use Russian Ё, Ъ, Ы and Э. The letter Ґ was banned from Soviet Ukrainian spelling in 1933 and restored in 1990.
For English speakers Ukrainian Cyrillic takes only a few days to learn to read slowly, and Ukrainian spelling is more phonetic than Russian: vowels largely keep their value whether stressed or not, so words are read largely as written. The points to watch are the false friends (В = v/w, Н = n, Р = r, С = s, У = u, Х = kh), the letter Г, which is a breathy h, not g, and the difference between И (a short i as in 'bit') and І (ee as in 'see'). If you already read Russian, these are exactly the letters to relearn.
Learn every letter with sounds and example words on our Ukrainian alphabet page, or convert Ukrainian text back to Latin letters with the Ukrainian to Latin converter.
Questions
How do I type in Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet without a Ukrainian keyboard?
Type the sounds in Latin letters in the first box and they're converted as you type, or click the letters on the on-screen keyboard. Then copy the result.
How do I add a Ukrainian keyboard to my phone or computer?
On iPhone: Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Ukrainian. On Android (Gboard): Settings → Languages → Add keyboard. On Windows: Settings → Time & language → Language → Add a language. On macOS: System Settings → Keyboard → Input Sources.
Is it free?
Yes, and nothing you type is sent anywhere — it all runs in your browser.