🧪 Password Strength Helper

See how strong a password pattern really is

This tool helps you understand what makes a password weak or strong — in plain English. For your privacy, don’t type your real password. Instead, use an example that follows the same pattern (for example, “Dog!2025!” instead of your actual pet’s name).

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Important: We don’t save what you type, but it’s still best practice to avoid entering real passwords into any online tool. Test a sample password that has the same style as the one you use.

Try a sample password pattern

Type a sample password, click “Check strength,” and we’ll give you a simple score, a short verdict, and specific ideas to improve it.

Sample password Example: BlueBike!2025 or Sunset_River#19

Password strength score (0–100)

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ℹ️ Type a sample password and click “Check strength” to get a result.

We look at length, variety of characters, patterns like “123456” or “Password1”, and how easy it would be to guess with common tricks.

Quick checklist for a healthier password

• At least 12 characters long (more is better).
• Mix of lowercase, UPPERCASE, numbers, and symbols.
• No obvious words like “password”, “qwerty”, or your name.
• A pattern you can remember but others can’t easily guess.

How we think about password strength

This tool doesn’t try to be perfect or guess every possible attack. Instead, it uses common-sense rules similar to what many security pros look for: length, randomness, and resistance to easy guessing.

🔢 Length beats clever tricks. A long, simple passphrase like Yellow-rain-window-29 is often safer than a short, messy one like Y3ll0w!.
🔁 Re-used passwords are the biggest risk. Even a “strong” password becomes weak if you use it on many sites and one of them is breached.
🧠 Patterns matter. Attackers know people love things like Summer2025! or CityName123. We gently warn you when your sample looks similar to those common styles.
🔐 Don’t stress about perfection. Aim to slowly upgrade your most important accounts first: email, banking, and any place that holds sensitive data.

Next step: consider a password manager

Most people can’t remember dozens of long, unique passwords — and that’s okay. That’s exactly what password managers are for. A future guide on EmailBreachGuard will walk you through how they work and how to pick one in plain English.