French uses the Latin alphabet with accents such as é, è, à, ç and ê. This is the AZERTY layout used in France, where A and Q, and Z and W, trade places compared with QWERTY.
Each box shows a key on a US (QWERTY) keyboard, the French character it types, and in grey the character it types with Shift.
Open this page and start typing. Each key on your keyboard is turned into the French character in the same position, as shown in the table above, so you don't need to change any settings. On a phone or tablet, tap the keys on screen.
Press an accent key (^ ¨), then a letter. For example, ^ then a gives â. The accent keys have an orange border on the on-screen keyboard.
Hold the right Alt key (AltGr), or Option on a Mac, and press the key with the orange character, for example 2 → ~, 3 → #, 4 → {, 5 → [. On screen, press the AltGr key first.
Yes. Press Copy, then paste it into an email, a document, a search box or a chat. You can also save it as a .txt file, or send it to Google Search or Google Translate with one click.
Your text stays in this browser on your device and is kept for your next visit. It is only sent somewhere if you press the Google Search or Translate button.