Run a thorough proofreading pass tailored for essays and academic writing — grammar, style, clarity, redundancy, and tone. Free, no sign-up.
Essay checking goes beyond simple proofreading because academic writing has stricter conventions: third-person voice, formal register, specific citation patterns, and longer sentence structures. While the underlying engine is LanguageTool, this version highlights issues most relevant to essay writers.
Paste your essay (or a section of it) and click Check. Every applicable rule runs. Issues are categorised by type and shown inline with explanations and suggestions.
Use it before submitting any academic essay, application essay, scholarship application, or formal report. Run it after self-editing but before final review by a teacher or advisor.
For academic writing, prefer active voice over passive (most of the time), avoid contractions in formal contexts, and use precise vocabulary instead of vague qualifiers. The checker flags many of these patterns automatically.
No — for plagiarism use the dedicated Plagiarism Checker. This tool checks grammar and style only.
It checks formatting issues but doesn't verify citation accuracy.
No — that requires human feedback. The checker handles surface issues; an instructor or peer reviews substance.
Explore more grammar & proofreading on the tool hub — or jump straight to the Spell Checker, Grammar Checker, Punctuation Checker.