Top 8 services for checking text: for uniqueness, errors, and spelling

Contents:

• Services for checking text uniqueness
• Services for checking spelling and punctuation
• Services for checking text quality

Working with text can be simplified using special online platforms - they check the text according to specified criteria. The user uploads their text to such a platform, and it gives them an assessment of how unique, literate, "clean" and pleasant to read the text is.
In this article, we will analyze the top popular online services for checking texts, tell you how they work and what they are suitable for. This selection will be useful for authors, copywriters, editors, proofreaders and anyone who writes something from time to time.

Services for checking text uniqueness

Text.ruis a copywriting, rewriting and translation exchange. An online service for checking texts operates on its basis. It is available on the website's main page.
The user pastes their text into the verification window, clicks the "Check Uniqueness" button, and waits for the service to process and verify it. For unregistered users, the verification time is five minutes. If you register and subscribe to a paid plan, the text will be verified in one minute.
After verification, Text.ru displays three windows:

• Text uniqueness as a percentage. The service recognizes plagiarism even if words and sentences in the original text have been swapped, cases, tenses have been changed, or new words have been added. It highlights non-unique fragments in lilac and displays links to their sources. On this same page, the user is offered to improve the uniqueness of the text on a rewriting exchange.
• Number of errors. The service checks spelling and punctuation in the text - it shows which words have errors and where punctuation marks are missing. It is important to understand that it is primarily designed to check uniqueness, so it may not find all errors. For a high-quality spelling and punctuation check, it is better to use the services we will discuss below.
• SEO analysis results. In this section, in addition to the number of characters and the number of words, the service shows the percentage of wateriness and spam in the text. The wateriness percentage shows whether the text contains stop words, idioms, and other expressions that don't carry any semantic meaning. The spam percentage shows the number of search keywords in the text. The more keywords in the text, the higher the spam level. To understand which words the service considers spam and fluff, you need to click on the percentage indicators.

Usage Limits. For unregistered users, the verification limit is 15,000 characters per day. If you register and confirm your phone number, the limit is increased to 50,000 characters. Registered users with a paid plan can verify texts up to 300,000 characters. The service limits system is described in more detail on the website.
Etxt.ruis a platform created on the basis of a content exchange. Here you can order writing, rewriting, translation of text, buy ready-made articles and check texts for uniqueness.
After pasting the text into the verification form, the system offers two analysis methods.

• Copy detection. The service searches for plagiarism using the shingle algorithm: the entire text is broken down into short phrases and compared with versions from open Internet sources - only in a given word sequence. Accordingly, to achieve 100% uniqueness, it is enough to simply swap words.
• Rewriting detection. This method is more qualitative. It recognizes word permutations and takes into account changes in case, tense, and so on.

The platform highlights non-unique parts of the text in colors and provides links to the original texts.

The service also has a software version for installation on a computer.
Usage LimitsThe limit for unregistered users is 3,000 characters. After registration, the service checks 5,000 characters for free. Checking each additional thousand characters costs 1.5 rubles.
Advego.comis another service for checking uniqueness based on the content exchange.
After checking the text, the service provides two values:

• Uniqueness percentage. Shows the volume of plagiarism - how much text was copied from another source without changes.
• Rewriting percentage. Shows the amount of text that has been slightly changed compared to the original—words have been swapped or word forms have been changed.

Advego's algorithms can even handle texts that have been pre-processed with special programs to bypass anti-plagiarism.

In addition to checking the uniqueness, Advego allows you to conduct an SEO analysis of the text and find spelling errors.

• Advego SEO analysis shows general text statistics - for example, the number of characters, the total number of words, the number of unique and stop words. And also a list of words from the semantic core.

• Advego does not find all spelling errors and does not check punctuation at all. Like Text.ru, this service was created primarily to check for uniqueness.

The service also has a software version for installation.
Usage restrictionsThis service is free and has no character limit. But registration is required - there is no "guest" text limit for checking.

Spelling and punctuation checking services

«Orfogrammka»is an online service for checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style. Using machine-trained algorithms, it finds even complex errors that other platforms miss.
The principle of working with "Orfogrammka" is the same as with anti-plagiarism services. The user pastes text into the window—the service processes it, then provides a detailed analysis of errors and advice on how to correct them.
The platform offers three text analysis options: grammar, aesthetics, and quality. These are selected from the platform's top bar.

• Literacy. In this mode, they check spelling, punctuation, grammar and style, speech and semantic errors, typos.

• Beauty. In this mode, the service displays disharmonious sections of the text: finds and corrects tautologies, selects synonyms and epithets, and also highlights foreign words and suggests equivalents for replacement in Russian.

• Quality. In this mode, the service conducts SEO analysis of the text: it finds empty, frequent and unnatural keywords.

The service works like this in all three tabs: the left panel displays text with errors found, highlighted in different colors, and the right panel displays explanations of why these are errors and tips for correcting them.
Use LimitationsYou must register before using the service. After registration, you can check 6,000 characters for free, then you will need to buy a license.
There are licenses with character limits: you can buy a check of 100,000 characters for 150 Russian rubles, 400,000 characters for 400 rubles, or 1 million characters for 650 rubles, and the license will be valid indefinitely.
There are licenses with time limits: 400,000 characters per month - 400 rubles, 6 million characters for six months - 2,000 rubles, 12 million characters per year - 3,200 rubles.
«Orthographer» is a text checking service from Art. Lebedev Studio. It works simply: the user pastes their text into the window and clicks the "Check" button, and the service highlights words with spelling errors. You can't check punctuation on this platform.
In addition to misspelled words, the service shows words it doesn't recognize—for example, loanwords that aren't found in Russian dictionaries.

Use restrictions. The service works without restrictions. You can check any number of characters for free.
«ORFO Online»is text checking software that appeared back in 1989. The online service "Orfo Online" was created on its basis.
It checks texts for spelling, punctuation, and style. According to the developers, the service is constantly expanding its dictionaries and updating its grammar rules.
After checking, "Orfo Online" highlights errors in color. To see the problem, hover over the highlighted word or phrase. Here the service also offers options for correcting errors.

Use restrictions. To use the service, you need to select and purchase a package: 

• for Windows - "Professional" for 1485 rubles, "Professional Plus" for 2235 rubles or "Maximum" for 3735 rubles;
• For macOS — "ORFO 2016 for macOS" for 1493 rubles or "ORFO 2016 Plus for macOS" for 2243 rubles.

After purchasing the kit, you can install it on your device and reinstall it on another one if necessary, but without a subscription, the kit will only receive updates for 1 year.

Text Quality Checking Services

«Glavred» — a platform for improving text from editor Maxim Ilyakhov.
Glavred finds verbal garbage, officialese, cliches, poor semantics and highlights them in color. If you make the suggested edits, the text will become clearer and easier to read.
The platform has two checking modes:

• For the purity of the text - searches for and highlights words and phrases that do not carry any semantic meaning. For example, stop words, passive voice, modality, biased assessments.

• Readability - shows what needs to be changed to make the text easier for readers to understand. For example, cluttered nouns, participial phrases, or introductory constructions. If you get rid of them, the text will not suffer, but it will become easier to read.

If you hover over a highlighted word or phrase, the service will describe the problem in the right window, suggest how to fix it, and provide a link to Maxim Ilyakhov's advice on this topic.
After analysis, the platform also calculates the number of points the text received. This score shows the ratio of stop words to the number of words in the text. The more clean text, the higher the score.
Usage restrictions. The service is free. There is no limit on the number of characters or the number of checks.
The service assesses the risk of falling under the "Baden-Baden" and shows what in the text can be improved.
«Turgenev»— the service analyzes the text according to five criteria, divided into different tabs:

• Repetitions — determines the number of identical and super-frequent words, how well they are distributed throughout the text.
• Style — finds stylistic problems in the text: overloaded turns of phrase, inconsistency of styles.
• Queries — shows the share of the text that is occupied by keywords.
• Wateriness — shows the share of the text that is occupied by stop words and words with a general meaning.
• Readability — evaluates the complexity of the text based on the average length of words and proposals.

The service assigns penalty points for each criterion. The "Overall Risk" tab shows the sum of these points - the probability of falling under "Baden-Baden":

• up to 5 points - low risk;
• from 5 to 13 points - medium risk;
• from 8 to 13 points - high risk;
• from 13 points and above - critical risk.

In addition to assigning points, "Turgenev" highlights problem areas of the text. If you hover the cursor over the highlighted words or phrases, the service explains the problem and gives recommendations on how to fix it.
Use restrictions. Registration is required. After registration, the user is given a 100 ruble bonus and is offered two tariffs to choose from:

• Basic: the cost of checking the text against all criteria is 5 rubles per text or web page. You can check in several tabs - the price is the same. But if the text has changed even slightly, an additional 5 rubles will be deducted from the account.
• Professional: subscription, the cost of which depends on the term (month, six months, year) - the longer the subscription, the higher the limit of checks and the lower the price per check.