Excellent JS based English to LEET translator
Leet is a phrase often used on the Internet, some being online games, message boards, and chat rooms. It comes from the word “elite”, meaning “above everyone else”. It’s most commonly written as “1337″ or “l33t”. It can also be written differently, the numbers 1, 3 and 7 standing for L, E and T respectively.
A Leet Speak Alphabet
* A—4,/-\,/_\
* B—8,|3 and very uncommonly 13
* C—<,{,[,(
* D---|>,|),|},|]
* E—3
* F—|=,ph
* G—[,-
* H---|-|,[-].{-},|=|,[=],{=}
* I—1,|
* J—usually the J is untouched
* K—|< ,1 <
* L---|_,|,1_
* M---|\/|,^^
* O---0,(),[],{}
* P---|o,p,|O
* Q---O, or 9
* R---|2,12
* S---5,$
* T---7,+
* U---|_|
* V---\/
* W---\/\/,(/\), \^/
* X---><,
* Y---j
* Z---Z
Numbers for letters
One of the qualities of leet speak is using numbers to replace letters. Many words have numbers leet speak.
* 1 — L, I (I is more often shown as |, and sometimes as ][)
* 2 — Z (not in common usage)
* 3 — E
* 4 — A
* 5 — S
* 6 — G (not in common usage)
* 7 — T (can also be L)
* 8 — B
* 9 — G
* 0 — O (Occasionally represented by “()”)
Below is a simple javascript I wrote to translate English into leet.
No effort has been made to creat an English-to-Leet translator, as there are various levels of “leetness” one can use in typing, making it difficult to translate using definitive algorithms.
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