Pig Latin Translator
Instantly translate any English sentence into Pig Latin — the classic word-game language where consonant clusters jump to the end of each word and "ay" is appended.
Vowel-word suffix
Find leading consonant cluster
Move cluster to end of word
Append "ay" suffix
How does this calculator work?
Pig Latin moves leading consonants to the end of each word and adds "ay" (e.g. "hello" → "ellohay", "string" → "ingstray"). Words starting with a vowel get "way" or "yay" appended instead. Capitalisation is preserved, and "qu" is always treated as one unit.
Formula
How this is calculated
Pig Latin is a constructed language game played in English, popularised in the early 20th century. The translation is applied word by word. For words that start with one or more consonants, every consonant before the first vowel is moved to the end of the word and the suffix "ay" is added — so "hello" becomes "ellohay" and "string" becomes "ingstray". The letter pair "qu" is treated as a single unit and moves together, so "queen" becomes "eenquay".
For words that begin with a vowel, the word is left in place and a suffix is appended: "way" in the most common convention (so "apple" → "appleway"), or "yay" in a widely used variant ("apple" → "appleyay"). This translator preserves capitalisation — if the original first letter was uppercase, the new first letter of the translated word receives the capital, and all-caps words stay all-caps. Punctuation attached to a word is stripped before translation and reattached afterwards.
This calculator covers the standard rules only. "Y" is treated as a consonant throughout. Some dialects have additional rules (e.g. treating "y" as a vowel when it follows consonants, or handling multi-syllable contractions differently), but no single universal standard exists. The step-by-step breakdown below shows exactly how the first word of your input is processed.
Frequently asked questions
If a word starts with consonants, move the consonant cluster to the end and add "ay" (e.g. "pig" → "igpay", "string" → "ingstray"). If it starts with a vowel, add "way" or "yay" at the end (e.g. "egg" → "eggway"). The pair "qu" always moves together.
Both "way" and "yay" are accepted conventions — neither is universally correct. "Way" is more common in traditional usage. You can switch between them using the selector above.
This depends on the convention. This translator treats "y" as a consonant (it moves with the cluster), so "yellow" → "ellowyay". Some rules treat "y" as a vowel when it follows consonants — there is no single official standard.
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