About Random URL Slug
Random URL Slug generates readable, URL-friendly slugs by joining random dictionary words with hyphens, the kind of identifier used for articles, links and demo records where a numeric id would be ugly. Choose how many words go in each slug and how many slugs to produce.
Each slug is made of that many random words drawn from a pool of thirty lowercase entries - apple, banana, cherry and the like - joined by hyphens. The default run produces five slugs of three words each, one per line, and every word is drawn afresh so repeated runs give different results.
Two things keep the generator honest. The count is clamped to a window of one to one hundred, but the words count is not clamped by the calculation itself - the field hints a minimum and maximum, yet a value of zero produces an empty line. The word pool is small and nothing enforces uniqueness, so a word can repeat within a slug and entire slugs can repeat across a run.
How to use Random URL Slug
- 1 Set the Words field to how many words each slug should contain.
- 2 Set the Count field to how many slugs you want.
- 3 Run the tool to read one slug per line.
Frequently asked questions
Where do the words come from?
A fixed pool of thirty lowercase dictionary words, from apple and banana through shadow and spark. The words are drawn at random and joined with hyphens.
Why did I get an empty line?
A words count of zero produces a slug with no words, which is an empty line. The words field hints a minimum of one, but the calculation reads whatever value it is given.
Can two slugs in one run be identical?
Yes. Nothing enforces uniqueness, so the same word can appear twice in one slug and whole slugs can repeat across a run. There is no deduplication option.
Can I use my own words or a different separator?
No. The word pool is fixed and the separator is always a hyphen, with no numbers and no way to supply a custom list or change the join character.
Free, online, and private
Free to use
Random URL Slug is completely free. There is no account to create, no login, and no hidden charge or usage limit.
Runs online in your browser
It is a free online tool that runs entirely in your browser. Nothing to download or install — open the page and start using it right away.
Your data stays private
All processing happens locally on your device. Your input is never uploaded, stored, or tracked, so it never leaves your browser.
How Random URL Slug behaves in detail
These are the specifics of this implementation — the exact ranges, defaults and fixed settings you are working with.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | a Words number field starting at three and a Count field starting at five |
| Output | one slug per line, each made of that many random words joined by hyphens |
| Word pool | thirty lowercase dictionary words, from apple and banana through shadow and spark |
| Count clamp | the count is clamped to the window from one to one hundred |
| Default | a run produces five slugs of three words each |
| Randomness | each word is drawn afresh, so repeated runs give different slugs |
Compiled from the implementation of this tool and checked against it by itoolnet.
What Random URL Slug does not do
Knowing the edges of a tool saves more time than another list of its features. These are the cases where it will not do what you might expect.
- The words count is not clamped by the run itself. The field hints a minimum of one and a maximum of six, but a value of zero produces an empty line, and the calculation reads whatever number it is given.
- The word pool is only thirty entries and nothing enforces uniqueness, so the same word can appear twice in one slug and entire slugs can repeat across a run - there is no deduplication and no way to supply your own word list.
- The separator and the alphabet are fixed. Hyphens join lowercase words with no numbers, no custom separator and no length constraint, so a slug can be very long or, with a words value of zero, empty.
Tested and documented by itoolnet, the team that builds and maintains this site.