Listly by Hunter Emkay
A List of grammar checking or proof editing tools, software or webapps for writers, authors and students.
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Word and character count tool - paste in a scene and it will tell you how many sentences and paragraphs there are and average sentence length. Also top ten words used.
Title capitalization made easy. Use this automatic title capitalization tool to capitalize all of your titles.
A word counter & character counter tool provides an extensive report about word count & character count statistics for a given text
Word Counter is perfect tool for those who need to keep a count of their words or characters but don’t use Microsoft Word or other text editors. The word counter ensures accurate and instant results. Simply type or copy your text into the window above - words will be counted automatically.
Our Deep Grammar and Sentence Check Service makes it possible to detect all sorts of mistakes in your text as well as fix them quickly in the best way.
Grammar check, instant proofreading, and plagiarism detection. Improve your writing with Grammarly - the leading online English grammar and plagiarism checker.
Free 7 day trial, then subscription.
Text Analyzer provides text analysis from the simple – wordcount, character count etc, to the more useful – parts of speech such as the nouns or verbs used, adverbs, determiners etc, and provide a data report which could allow you to Text Analyzer app iconfind overused words or phrases and patterns in your writing.
iOS
A character counter tool online that instantly provides character count statistics for a given text
Phraseology is a plain simple text editor app for iOS which, like big sister Drafts, has Markdown and Text Expander support. But what makes it awesome is the “Inspect” mode which breaks out commonly used (overused) words and provides stats on readibility levels.
iOS
Online app, desktop version also - grammar app which scans your text and provides stats and markers for adverbs, readibility ratings etc - based on Hemingway of course.
The best-value manuscript editing software available. Improve your manuscript in less than five minutes.
Free limited webuse, then subscription.
Grammar Base is a simple to use web based grammar and plagiarism checker. This site is no-frills, but has a seemingly smart grammar check that goes deeper than some of the built in word processing programs we have come to know and love. Students can access this site from anywhere in order to check their writing for appropriate structure, syntax, and citation.
SEO METER Grammar Checker PRO is online grammar software to fix grammar mistakes for different 32 languages. Just paste your text, select your language and review changes.
PaperRater targets the educational student paper market, so insists that your inputs include a title, education level and type of paper submitting, and includes the dreaded Captcha before analysis. But if you get through this, the free to use webapp (there may be payment options at a later date) does grammar and spell checking, plus checks for plagarism.
webapp, free
Ginger Software is the grammar and orthographic leader in the world - with just a click so you can improve your English!
Ginger promises a do-it-all grammar and spellchecker. The downloadable software (for Windows PC only) adds proofreading functionality to a number of applications – Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and adds browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE.
Spell, Style, and Grammar Checker for WordPress, Firefox, TinyMCE, jQuery, and CKEditor. Spend less time editing. After the Deadline is a language checker for the web.
Plugin for the web. Free. Opensource.
Pro Writing Aid is your free online writing editor and personal writing coach. Of course it checks your grammar but it does much more to help you improve your writing: Online grammar and spelling checker; Online plagiarism checker; Improve readability; Find overused words; Improve dull paragraph structure; Find repeated words and phrases; Check for consistency of spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization; Eliminate clichés and redundancies; Create a word cloud of your text; Eliminate vague, abstract, and complex words from your writing.
Free webapp, with premium versions for some reporting. Also, downloadable Word plugin.
Built for iOS 7 Terminology A Browser for the English language Extend Terminology with ready-to-install Actions from the Action Directory! → ...One of the best dictionary apps.
A software package with plugins to Word.
The install plugs in to your text editors (such as Word) providing a toolbar button. Once you select this, the Stylewriter App screen pops up to run the analysis. Promising proof-reading analysis of word choice and style, StyleWriter also provides statistical reports, with more readibility reports through the more expensive packages.
What Does SmartEdit Do? SmartEdit runs a series of 20 individual checks on your work and highlights areas that might need to be looked at. These checks include: highlighting repeated phrases and words, producing a list of every adverb used, flagging possible misused or misspelled words such as " complement" instead of " compliment ".
Windows software, plugin
WhiteSmoke Writer claims to be the leading writing correction software on the market, and that it works through anywhere you type – MS Word, Outlook, or any other text-editing software or web browsers. Providing grammar,spelling and writing style checks, you use it via the F2 function button on your PC.
Premium level gives access to online.
Windows with plugins.
SpellCheckPlus is a free grammar checker that finds common spelling errors and grammatical mistakes in English. Simply type (or paste) your text into the window below and hit the
ProWritingAid is your free online writing editor and personal writing coach. Of course it checks your grammar but it does much more to help you improve your writing: Online grammar and spelling checker; Online plagiarism checker; Improve readability; Find overused words; Improve dull paragraph structure; Find repeated words and phrases; Check for consistency of spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization; Eliminate clichés and redundancies; Create a word cloud of your text; Eliminate vague, abstract, and complex words from your writing.