Is Zalgo text safe to paste?

Yes — it’s ordinary Unicode text with extra accent marks and can’t harm your device. Very heavy Zalgo can overlap nearby text or slow down older apps, so keep it short.

Will I get the same glitch text every time?

Yes. The marks are picked per letter from the full set of combining characters, so different words get different patterns, but the same input always produces the same result here.

Can I use cursed text in a Discord name?

Discord usernames only allow lowercase letters, numbers, periods and underscores, but display names, server nicknames and messages accept Unicode. Every combining mark usually counts toward the name length limit, so Light Zalgo fits best.

Zalgo Text Generator — Cursed & Glitch Text

Stack glitchy marks on every letter for that corrupted, creepy look — pick an intensity and tap to copy.

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What is Zalgo text?

Zalgo text gets its name from an early-internet creepypasta meme about an eldritch entity that “corrupts” everything it touches.

It works by piling Unicode combining diacritical marks — the accents that normally sit on letters like é or ñ — above, through and below each character until the text looks like it’s glitching out of the screen.

Light, medium or heavy?

Light Zalgo adds a subtle crackle that stays readable — great for a username or Halloween caption. Medium is the classic cursed-text look for Discord messages and TikTok comments.

Heavy stacks so many marks that the text bleeds into the lines above and below. It’s fun for a joke, but some apps trim or block very long chains of combining marks.