Detect Anagrams in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Compare two cells for anagrams. Returns a match flag and similarity score down a column — Google Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

anagramdetector.xlsxsample data

C2fx=VERVE("anagramdetector", A2, B2, "field", "is_anagram")

Text1

Text2

Is anagram

Cleaned text1

Cleaned text2

listen

silent

TRUE

listen

silent

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Clean a column of text

Fill =VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "is_anagram") beside messy text and get the normalized, analyzed, or translated version back — data cleaning without leaving the grid.

Analyze at scale

Score or classify a whole column of responses, reviews, or messages in one fill instead of one-by-one.

Compose with other formulas

Nest Detect Anagrams's output inside your existing SUM, IF, or CONCAT logic like any other cell value.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "is_anagram")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "is_anagram")

Optional inputs

Tune the result by adding name=value before the field argument — in any order. Leave one out and its default applies.

ignorecase
Ignore case when comparing (default: true)
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "ignorecase", "true")
ignorespaces
Ignore spaces when comparing (default: true)
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "ignorespaces", "true")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Is anagram
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "is_anagram")
Cleaned text1
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "cleaned_text1")
Cleaned text2
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "cleaned_text2")
Sorted text1Premium
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "sorted_text1")
Sorted text2Premium
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "sorted_text2")
Length text1
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "length_text1")
Length text2
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "length_text2")
Similarity percentagePremium
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "similarity_percentage")
Text1
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "text1")
Text2
=VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "text2")

Premium marks data included on paid plans. On the Free plan a marked field is withheld and a marked input is ignored — either way the cell reads #PREMIUM(name) instead of a value, so a gated answer can never be mistaken for a real one. Everything unmarked works on every plan. Compare plans

Detect Anagrams, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Detect Anagrams into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "field", "is_anagram") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Detect Anagrams?

Detect Anagrams returns is_anagram, cleaned_text1, cleaned_text2, length_text1 and length_text2, plus 2 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I narrow what Detect Anagrams returns?

Yes — Detect Anagrams takes "ignorecase" and "ignorespaces" as optional inputs. They go in as "name", value pairs after the required ones, in any order, so =VERVE("anagramdetector", "listen", "silent", "ignorecase", "true") shapes the result without changing anything else.

Which Detect Anagrams fields need a paid plan?

sorted_text1, sorted_text2 and similarity_percentage are included from the Starter plan up. On the Free plan the cell returns #PREMIUM(field) rather than a wrong or empty value, so it's always obvious which one to upgrade for. Every other field works on Free.

Can I fill a whole column of Detect Anagrams at once?

Yes. Put your text1 values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Detect Anagrams cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Detect Anagrams work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Detect Anagrams

Clean a column of text

Analyze at scale

Compose with other formulas

Detect Anagrams, answered

Put Detect Anagrams in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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