Direction left to right; 45 keys and 95 characters across all layers.
Engine: 36 transliteration rules — the examples below come straight from it.
This guide: 3 method steps and 3 answered questions.
Typefaces: Noto Sans, Noto Serif, Gentium Plus.
Search and export: Google, YouTube, Wikipedia, Translate, DuckDuckGo.
Common mistakes to avoid
Nine times out of ten, a Greek Keyboard problem is one of these — each takes five seconds to fix. Work through them in order before assuming the keyboard is broken.
Nothing converts, not even « kalimera » → « καλημερα »: check that Transliteration mode (not the physical keyboard) is on, and that you type plain lowercase Latin letters.
Missing accents: click the exact accented key rather than the base letter — “e” and “é” are two different keys.
Unexpected layout: the Moderne variant changes the keys — switch back to the standard variant if anything surprises you.
Clusters split after paste (Arabic, Indic and Southeast Asian scripts): paste into this editor first and re-copy — it normalizes the Unicode shaping that Word and chats sometimes break.
Try these conversions now
Copy each left-hand transcription into the keyboard linked above and confirm the script on the right. Six quick wins that calibrate your fingers to the engine.
Type “kalimera” → get καλημερα.
Type “yassas” → get γεια σας.
Type “efharisto” → get ευχαριστω.
Type “ei” → get ει.
Type “oi” → get οι.
Type “ou” → get ου.
The exact rules behind the examples
The walkthrough above uses a handful of conversions. Here is the complete engine behind this guide — all 36 mappings of the Greek Keyboard, longest match first. Find the transcription you need, then try it live in the keyboard linked at the top of this page.
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
More questions about this keyboard
Is polytonic Greek supported? — The modern monotonic is the default; tonos and diacritics are on the Shift layer.
Ancient or modern Greek? — Modern by default; enable the polytonic variant for Ancient and Biblical Greek.
How do I type the tonos (ά)? — Type the vowel plus “'” in phonetic mode, or Shift-click the vowel on the virtual keyboard.
How do I type the diaeresis (ϊ, ϋ)? — Shift-click ι or υ on the virtual keyboard, or type the vowel plus the ¨ dead key.
How do I type Greek on an English keyboard? — Enable transliteration and type “kalimera” — it becomes καλημέρα instantly.
Can I paste Greek into Word? — Yes — copying from the editor preserves monotonic tonos in Word, Docs and browsers.
Neighbouring keyboards
The same method often applies to neighbouring languages. Each of these has its own full keyboard page with virtual keys, engine and dictionaries.