Greek Keyboard: key facts
- Script: Greek, used across Greece & Cyprus.
- Writing direction: left to right.
- Layout: 45 keys, 44 base characters, 43 on Shift, 8 on AltGr.
- Transliteration: 36 conversion rules built in.
- Variants: 2 (Moderne, Ancien).
- Native name: Ελληνικό πληκτρολόγιο; speech synthesis locale: el-GR.
Greek Keyboard in detail
Type Greek with smart transliteration: “kalimera” becomes καλημέρα as you type. Polytonic variants available. The Greek Keyboard (Ελληνικό πληκτρολόγιο) covers the Greek script as used across Greece & Cyprus. Text flows left to right in the editor, and every character below belongs to the authentic Greek repertoire — no transliterated approximations once you use the virtual keys.
The smart transliteration engine converts Latin keystrokes into Greek in real time using 36 hand-tuned rules: type the phonetic transcription and watch each syllable transform as you type.
The page ships 2 built-in variants — Moderne (Modern Greek with tonos accents.); Ancien (Ancient Greek polytonic marks (adds dead accents).) — switchable without reloading. Your text never leaves the browser: copy it to any app, export it, listen to it with the el-GR speech voice, or send it to Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Every key on the Greek Keyboard
The layout holds 45 character keys: 44 distinct base characters, 43 Shift variants and 8 AltGr variants. The table below maps each physical position to the characters it produces, so you can learn the layout or verify coverage of a rare letter before you start typing.
| Position | Base | Shift | AltGr |
|---|
| Row 1, key 2 | 1 | ! | — |
| Row 1, key 3 | 2 | @ | — |
| Row 1, key 4 | 3 | # | — |
| Row 1, key 5 | 4 | $ | — |
| Row 1, key 6 | 5 | % | — |
| Row 1, key 7 | 6 | ^ | — |
| Row 1, key 8 | 7 | & | — |
| Row 1, key 9 | 8 | * | — |
| Row 1, key 10 | 9 | ( | — |
| Row 1, key 11 | 0 | ) | — |
| Row 1, key 12 | - | _ | — |
| Row 1, key 13 | = | + | — |
| Row 2, key 2 | ; | : | — |
| Row 2, key 3 | ς | Σ | — |
| Row 2, key 4 | ε | Ε | έ |
| Row 2, key 5 | ρ | Ρ | — |
| Row 2, key 6 | τ | Τ | — |
| Row 2, key 7 | υ | Υ | ύ |
| Row 2, key 8 | θ | Θ | — |
| Row 2, key 9 | ι | Ι | ί |
| Row 2, key 10 | ο | Ο | ό |
| Row 2, key 11 | π | Π | — |
| Row 2, key 12 | [ | [ | — |
| Row 2, key 13 | ] | ] | — |
| Row 3, key 2 | α | Α | ά |
| Row 3, key 3 | σ | Σ | — |
| Row 3, key 4 | δ | Δ | — |
| Row 3, key 5 | φ | Φ | φ |
| Row 3, key 6 | γ | Γ | — |
| Row 3, key 7 | η | Η | ή |
| Row 3, key 8 | ξ | Ξ | — |
| Row 3, key 9 | κ | Κ | — |
| Row 3, key 10 | λ | Λ | — |
| Row 3, key 11 | ; | : | — |
| Row 3, key 12 | ' | " | — |
| Row 4, key 2 | ζ | Ζ | — |
| Row 4, key 3 | χ | Χ | — |
| Row 4, key 4 | ψ | Ψ | — |
| Row 4, key 5 | ω | Ω | ώ |
| Row 4, key 6 | β | Β | — |
| Row 4, key 7 | ν | Ν | — |
| Row 4, key 8 | μ | Μ | — |
| Row 4, key 9 | , | < | — |
| Row 4, key 10 | . | > | — |
| Row 4, key 11 | / | ? | — |
Complete transliteration table
The quick table higher up this page shows an excerpt. Below is the complete engine: all 36 mappings, longest match wins, applied left to right. Try « kalimera » → καλημερα, « yassas » → γεια σας, « efharisto » → ευχαριστω to feel how whole words collapse into script in a single gesture. Multi-character sequences always win over single letters, so digraphs and common words convert before their parts do.
| You type | You get |
|---|
| kalimera | καλημερα |
| yassas | γεια σας |
| efharisto | ευχαριστω |
| ei | ει |
| oi | οι |
| ou | ου |
| ai | αι |
| au | αυ |
| eu | ευ |
| th | θ |
| ph | φ |
| kh | χ |
| ch | χ |
| ps | ψ |
| x | ξ |
| a | α |
| b | β |
| g | γ |
| d | δ |
| e | ε |
| z | ζ |
| h | η |
| i | ι |
| k | κ |
| l | λ |
| m | μ |
| n | ν |
| o | ο |
| p | π |
| r | ρ |
| s | σ |
| t | τ |
| u | υ |
| f | φ |
| y | υ |
| w | ω |
Getting the most out of this keyboard
Start with the Moderne variant if you are unsure: Modern Greek with tonos accents. You can switch variants mid-text without losing what you typed.
Greek runs left to right, so mixing it with in-line Latin terms, brand names or URLs just works: the editor keeps each run in its own direction without manual markers.
For pronunciation, press the speaker button: the el-GR voice reads exactly what is in the editor, which makes this page a practical dictation and shadowing tool. Export the text first if you want to rehearse offline.
Preferred typefaces here are Noto Sans, Noto Serif, Gentium Plus (fallback Noto Sans). If a character shows as a box on your device, switch fonts in the toolbar — complex-script shaping varies between systems, especially on older phones.
Dictionaries and resources for Greek Keyboard
Below the keyboard, the resource hub gathers 10 hand-picked links for Greek Keyboard: 3 monolingual dictionaries (including Lexilogos — dictionnaire, Greek Language Portal, Wiktionary (el)), 3 bilingual translators, 0 grammar and conjugation reference, 1 vocabulary and phrase guide, and 3 encyclopedias, newspapers and general resources. Type a word in the editor first and the links marked with an arrow receive it automatically — look up a definition, a conjugation or a translation without retyping.
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