Tone checker.

What it does. Estimates whether a piece of writing reads as formal, neutral or conversational, and shows you which signals produced that estimate.

How to use it. Paste a paragraph or a whole draft. Read the band first — Formal, Neutral or Conversational — then look at the signal table to see what is driving it. If the score is higher than you want, add a few contractions and address the reader directly. If it is lower than you want, cut the exclamation marks, replace casual words, and use connectives like however and therefore to join ideas.

Why it matters. Most writing that fails does not fail on grammar; it fails because the register is wrong for the reader. A cover letter that sounds like a text message and an email to a friend that sounds like a contract both misfire. Tone is a deliberate choice, and it is much easier to adjust once you can see it.

Your data. The tool runs entirely in your browser - text you paste never leaves the page, and nothing is uploaded to a server.

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Where this fits

Quality tools are the last pass, not the first: they catch what familiarity has made you blind to once the real work is done. Used at the end they are a safety net; used at the start they become a way to avoid writing. Finish the draft first, then let the checks be ruthless on your behalf. The order matters less than the habit: same pass, same checks, every time, so nothing depends on how tired you are.

Category neighbours: Repetition & self-plagiarism checker and AI-likeness checker

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