Name: Free Plagiarism Checker Online
Brand: Paperpal
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Question 1

How can I access Paperpal’s online plagiarism checker?

Accepted Answer

Simply login and upload your document to scan it for plagiarism. The free plagiarism checker allows you to scan up to 7000 words per month. Upgrade to Paperpal Prime to unlock 10,000 words or buy additional credits.

Question 2

How many pages or words can I check for plagiarism per month?

Accepted Answer

With Paperpal's free plagiarism checker, you can check up to 7,000 words per month, which adds up to approximately 25 pages. This free limit resets every calendar month.With Paperpal Prime, you can check up to 10,000 words per month; we roughly take 1 page as 275 words, which adds up to approximately 36 pages. This limit resets every month with your Prime subscription. You can also choose to buy additional words should you need it.

Question 3

Will my unused quota transfer to next month?

Accepted Answer

From the monthly word limits for plagiarism checks provided in the free and Prime plans, if there are any unused words/pages these will not roll over to the next month. However, any additional words purchased for the plagiarism checker are valid for a period of one year.

Question 4

If I check the same document twice, will it deduct from my monthly free 7,000 words the second time?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every time you upload your work for a plagiarism check, it is treated as a new document. This holds true even if it is a newer version of the same document.

Question 5

What database is my writing checked against?

Accepted Answer

Paperpal's plagiarism checker uses the same software as leading universities and publishers and matches your writing against an extensive database of 99 billion webpages including 200 million Open Access research articles.

Question 6

How do I interpret the similarity score?

Accepted Answer

Please consult your university or journal for details on the acceptable similarity threshold. This plagiarism check tool presents similarity as a percentage between 0% to 100%.0%: No matching text.1-24%: 1-24% matching text.25-49%: 25-49% matching text.50-74%: 50-74% matching text.75-100%: 75-100% matching text.Zero-similarity means your academic text is unique with no similarity to other sources. Note that it's not unusual to have some similarity; most assignments require citations to other sources as evidence or validation for one's own work. Most journals consider similarity higher than 20% to be a red flag, particularly if similarity to a single source is greater than 5%. A high similarity score means that a large portion of your text is similar to other sources, which may indicate that very little of your paper is your own writing.

Question 7

Why did I get a high similarity score after polishing language with AI-generated text on Paperpal?

Accepted Answer

There are a few reasons why this might happen:1. Training data: AI models are trained on vast amounts of text, including published works. This means the generated text may inadvertently draw on or closely resemble existing publications.2. Common linguistic patterns: Paperpal's AI language check strives to achieve clarity and coherence, which may lead to the use of common expressions and sentence structures found in academic writing.3. Input from existing sources: If you provide Paperpal with text lifted from other sources as input for our generative AI tools, the outputs will retain similar phrasing and the similarity with get flagged accordingly.

Question 8

Can Paperpal ensure that my content is not flagged by plagiarism or AI detection tools?

Accepted Answer

Paperpal's Generative AI features are not designed to avoid detection by plagiarism and AI detection software. Using them doesn't guarantee your content will be plagiarism-free. In fact, if you incorporate text from published sources without proper citation, those sections will likely be flagged regardless of the writing tool. If any of your input text to the Paperpal Generative AI tools was pasted from a published source, there will be a higher likelihood of the generated result being flagged as similar. Always cite the sources you've quoted in your work and incorporate a thoughtful analysis on how those works relate to your own article. In fact, AI-generated outputs may have high similarity to published works because the outputs may be based on published sources in the model's training dataset.

Question 9

My paper is completely original. Why is my similarity score so high?

Accepted Answer

Paperpal's industry-leading plagiarism checker matches your text an extensive database and flags portions with high similarity to existing sources similarity. If it finds instances where a piece of writing has a high match with an original source, this will be highlighted for you to review and take the necessary measures. Given the nature of language and the way the tool is designed, some similarity is not unusual. You could rephrase the flagged portions to reduce the similarity score. If you find the linked source relevant to your work, you could even add a citation.

Question 10

What types of documents can I upload?

Accepted Answer

We support doc, docx, and PDF files at the moment and expect to support additional file types soon.

Question 11

Can I delete my uploaded manuscript and plagiarism check reports?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Paperpal's free plagiarism checker offers a delete option alongside each report. When you use this option, your uploaded file as well as the report generated will be permanently deleted from our records.

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