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AI Proofreader

Free Online Proofreader for
Error-Free Academic Writing

Perfect your text with Paperpal’s AI proofreading tool, which corrects distracting grammar, punctuation, spelling, and consistency errors in your essays, thesis, dissertations, and research papers.

Available on MS Word and Web
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1.5Mn+

academics globally
Perfected

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Built on

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Advocated by Top Universities, Professors and Students in 125+ Countries
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What is a Proofreading Tool?
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Proofreading, the final step in the writing process, involves meticulous checks to weed out grammar, spelling, typographical, and punctuation mistakes and polish your text.
An AI proofreading tool automates this time-consuming mechanical process and eliminates even complex language and grammar mistakes like subject-verb mismatch, dangling modifiers, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments.

A good online proofreader like Paperpal can also help in highlighting and eliminating inconsistencies in explanations, technical terms, and other elements presented in academic text.
Why Paperpal is the
Best Online Proofreader for Academics
Tailored for academic writing, our free online proofreading tool provides precise suggestions to polish and refine your text without compromising its scholarly integrity.
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In-depth Grammar & Punctuation Checks

Paperpal’s proofreader meticulously analyzes your text for grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes, ensuring every sentence is structurally sound.
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Accurate Spellings without Altering Technical Terms

Our AI proofreading tool corrects spelling errors while preserving specialized academic terminology, retaining the essence of your writing.
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Contextual Word Choice Suggestions

Fix commonly confused words and convey your ideas in a clear, impactful manner with precise word choice suggestions grounded in published literature.
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Academic Consistency Checks

Deliver polished, professional academic writing by eliminating any inconsistencies in terminology, numbers, statistics, table and figure labels, and more.

Proofread Now - It's Free

Available on MS Word & Web

Achieve Flawless Writing with Paperpal's Free Online Proofreader

Elevate your academic text with the free AI proofreading tool trusted by academics globally.

AI proofreader

Precise proofreading to perfect text in minutes

In-depth checks

Grammar, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary & consistency

English dialects

Covers US and UK English

Accuracy guaranteed

Tailored to understand & polish academic text

Available on MS Word & Web

How Does Paperpal's
Free Proofreading Tool Work?

By correcting minute errors that may have crept into your work, our free online proofreading tool helps you effortlessly produce high-quality writing every time.

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Create your free Paperpal account and access the online proofreading tool with writing and editing features.

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Paste text or upload a document into the online proofreader. Paperpal scans and identifies problem areas.

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Quickly review and decide whether to accept or reject the proofreading corrections suggested by Paperpal.

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Run your text through our academic consistency check to catch stray inconsistencies and ensure error-free writing.

Available on MS Word & Web

Who Should Use Paperpal's Online Proofreader?

Our proofreading software is perfect for anyone looking to write high-quality academic text.

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Avoid bad grades and impress supervisors by using Paperpal’s free proofreading tool to polish your essays, assignments, thesis or dissertation, or coursework papers.

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Achieve perfect submissions, with the best proofreading tool, whether it’s journal articles, grant proposals, conference papers, or case reports.

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Improve the accuracy of your grading with Paperpal's proofreading software. Correct hidden errors in assignments, applications, research proposals, and more.

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Effortlessly eliminate grammar, spelling, punctuation and other mistakes in your blurbs and manuscripts with our precise online proofreader.

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Turn in exceptionally written articles, research-based reports, and blogs on academia with Paperpal’s free proofreading tool.

Available on MS Word & Web

Paperpal Offers More Than Online Proofreading

Achieve high-quality writing in half the time with our suite of generative AI features, writing, referencing, and paraphrasing support, with plagiarism and submission readiness checks.

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Jumpstart your writing with Paperpal’s secure generative AI (Copilot), which provides outlines and templates to help authors write better, faster.

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Overcome writer’s block with predictive text suggestions and other features that help you translate your ideas into words faster than ever before.

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Deliver well-researched writing with science-backed insights and verified citations from 250M+ articles or save references to the citation library.

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Paperpal’s online paraphrasing tool helps you add variety to your writing, reduce text by removing redundancies, and ensure a professional academic tone in just a few clicks.

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Paperpal’s plagiarism detection tool scans your writing against billions of online sources to help you identify and address problem areas, avoid accidental plagiarism, and maintain academic integrity.

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Submit with confidence with Paperpal's comprehensive manuscript checks, including 30+ language quality and technical compliance assessments, to maximize your chance of journal acceptance.

Available on MS Word & Web

Trusted Online Proofreader for 1.5Mn+ Academics

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Rated Excellent on Trustpilot

“I am satisfied with Paperpal's language suggestions. I feel it is almost comparable to a human editor. I'll definitely consider Paperpal for future work."

Andrés Bastidas
PhD Candidate, Escuela Politécnica Nacional

My article was not good. I thought of putting it through Paperpal, and now the article has been accepted for publication."

Cristiane Titto
Cristiane Titto

" Unlike Grammarly, Paperpal aligns and tailors my sentence structures to the convention of academic writing. It also helps me to rephrase or simplify unclear sentence structures and helps me write with confidence and ease"

Adriana Chieng Chee Jing
Malaysia

"With Paperpal, I feel like some professors from a medical university are sitting at the back and correcting things for me."

Muhammad Mansoor Majeed
Muhammad Mansoor Majeed
Assistant Professor

"The best thing about Paperpal Word is that you get edits in real-time, and not when you’re done writing your document."

Salwindi Notulu
Salwindi Notulu
Consultant, Lecturer and Researcher

“Because of Paperpal, my manuscript is now free of errors, more concise and more readable!

Pedro Rodriques
Portugal

“Its easy to use, helpful in drafts as an academic and unlike ChatGPT, it doesn't provide same suggestions everytime.

Arpan A Chakravarty
India

"What I love about Paperpal is that it has an element of context sensitivity. It understands the context in which the content is written and then gives suggestions"

Prabhu Palanichamy
Prabhu Palanichamy
PhD Student

“I just wanted to say how great I think Paperpal is! I have used it for the first time today, and found it so user-friendly and intuitive - so thank you!

Bethany Williams
Bethany Williams
PhD Student, University of Lincoln

" I made a lot of mistakes when it came to articles, plural consistency and punctuations while writing papers. Paperpal was very good with correcting them."

Arkar Nyan-Hein
Arkar Nyan-Hein
Engineer

“I am satisfied with Paperpal's language suggestions. I feel it is almost comparable to a human editor. I'll definitely consider Paperpal for future work."

Andrés Bastidas
PhD Candidate, Escuela Politécnica Nacional

My article was not good. I thought of putting it through Paperpal, and now the article has been accepted for publication."

Cristiane Titto
Cristiane Titto

" Unlike Grammarly, Paperpal aligns and tailors my sentence structures to the convention of academic writing. It also helps me to rephrase or simplify unclear sentence structures and helps me write with confidence and ease"

Adriana Chieng Chee Jing
Malaysia

"With Paperpal, I feel like some professors from a medical university are sitting at the back and correcting things for me."

Muhammad Mansoor Majeed
Muhammad Mansoor Majeed
Assistant Professor

"The best thing about Paperpal Word is that you get edits in real-time, and not when you’re done writing your document."

Salwindi Notulu
Salwindi Notulu
Consultant, Lecturer and Researcher

“Because of Paperpal, my manuscript is now free of errors, more concise and more readable!

Pedro Rodriques
Portugal

“Its easy to use, helpful in drafts as an academic and unlike ChatGPT, it doesn't provide same suggestions everytime.

Arpan A Chakravarty
India

"What I love about Paperpal is that it has an element of context sensitivity. It understands the context in which the content is written and then gives suggestions"

Prabhu Palanichamy
Prabhu Palanichamy
PhD Student

“I just wanted to say how great I think Paperpal is! I have used it for the first time today, and found it so user-friendly and intuitive - so thank you!

Bethany Williams
Bethany Williams
PhD Student, University of Lincoln

" I made a lot of mistakes when it came to articles, plural consistency and punctuations while writing papers. Paperpal was very good with correcting them."

Arkar Nyan-Hein
Arkar Nyan-Hein
Engineer

Available on MS Word & Web

Frequently Asked Questions

Proofreading is the process of carefully reviewing and correcting written content to ensure that it is free of any grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and typographical errors.

Among the most important steps before submission or final use, proofreading helps eliminate any distracting mistakes that could deviate attention from your intended message.

By enhancing the clarity and readability of the text, it helps convey your ideas effectively, which in turn builds your professional credibility as an expert.

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