Superscript Generator
Convert text and numbers to superscript online. Copy and paste ˢᵘᵖᵉʳˢᶜʳⁱᵖᵗ characters for footnotes, exponents, and bios.
Example — type your own text above to convert it.
A superscript generator raises characters to a small size above the baseline, producing ˢᵘᵖᵉʳˢᶜʳⁱᵖᵗ text for exponents, footnotes, and ordinals. Unicode never assigned a complete superscript alphabet, so a few letters pass through unchanged.
Examples
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| Hello World | ᴴᵉˡˡᵒ ᵂᵒʳˡᵈ |
| x2 + y2 | ˣ² ⁺ ʸ² |
When to use the Superscript Generator
Superscript digits are genuinely useful and genuinely well supported: x² and m³ render correctly nearly everywhere, and the ordinal indicators in 1ˢᵗ and 2ⁿᵈ are the same characters. Footnote markers, trademark symbols, and chemistry all rely on them.
Superscript letters are a different story. Unicode added them piecemeal, mostly to support phonetic transcription, and never completed the set. The lowercase q has no superscript form anywhere, and several capitals are missing too. This tool passes those characters through unchanged rather than substituting a lookalike from an unrelated script.
Where real formatting exists — a document, a web page, a spreadsheet — use it. A true superscript scales with the font and is read correctly as an exponent. These characters are a fallback for plain-text fields.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the letter q not converted to superscript?
Unicode never assigned a superscript q. The superscript letters were added piecemeal for phonetic notation and the set was never completed, so q passes through unchanged.
Can I use superscript for exponents in maths?
For simple cases like x² it works well and is widely supported. For anything more complex, use real formatting or LaTeX, since these characters cannot be nested or combined.
Do superscript characters work in Excel or Google Sheets?
They paste in as ordinary text, which means a cell containing ² is text rather than a number. Use the built-in superscript formatting if the value needs to be calculated.