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LanguageTool

Instantly check grammar and style in 30+ languages.

Rating: 4.0 Popularity: 4.8K Version: Initial
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Overview

LanguageTool is a free online proofreading service that helps you check your text for grammar and spelling mistakes in over 30 languages. It offers a wide range of features for both casual and professional use, such as an AI-based grammar checker, a personal dictionary, quality scoring for texts, and more.It includes browser add-ons for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, and Opera, as well as Office plugins for Google Docs, Word, OpenOffice, and LibreOffice.It also offers desktop apps for macOS and Windows, E-Mail add-ons for Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and Thunderbird, and Editor Apps for iOS, macOS, and Windows.Premium users also have access to a rephrasing tool, Picky Mode for advanced punctuation, and style, and typography suggestions. LanguageTool is trusted by organizations such as BMW Group, Amazon, RingCentral, European Union, Spiegel Magazine, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), Heise, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), JetBrains, IP Australia, and Wirtschaftsuniversit?t Wien.It is free to use and also offers a 20% discount for its Premium version.

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Pros and Cons

Pros

  • +Supports over 30 languages
  • +Personal dictionary
  • +Quality scoring for texts
  • +Browser add-ons for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Opera
  • +Office plugins for Google Docs, Word, OpenOffice, LibreOffice
  • +Desktop apps for MacOS, Windows

Cons

  • -Depends on Java 8
  • -Requires account for rephrasing
  • -Repasting required for full-document checking
  • -Some features are platform-specific
  • -Premium version required for full functionality
  • -No voice-input option

Categories

  • Primary: Creativity
  • Secondary: Text
  • Specialty: Text rewriting