Any good online sites (free) for editing and spell check

[Tomh1966]

90% if what I want is something to fix punctuation and spelling. 10% is fixing awkward wording. Mostly just fixing stories without having to wait for another person to fix things.

 

[alohadave]

Google Docs has spell check and grammar checking.

You can get a free version of Grammarly that works on websites to go a little deeper into the grammar.

 

[JessGabriel]

I can concur that the free version of Grammarly is amazing.

 

[SyleusSnow]

The popular online word processors (Google Docs, MS Word Online) all do spelling and basic grammar checking.

For deeper checks of writing style, try these:

• Scribens
• Hemingway App
• Grammark
• SlickWrite
• LanguageTool (also has a browser plugin and add-on for LibreOffice)

And then there's the free version of ProWritingAid... much better in my opinion for fiction writing than the more business-oriented grammarly.

I wrote a blog post about free writing tools a while ago: Some free tools for writers

 

[32aa]

I personally like "Grammarly". It does spelling, word usage, and punctuation.

 

[comegently]

ChatGPT can do that kind of thing

 

[jsmiam]

Regarding grammarly, the free version: I may have missed something, but in between my last extended usage (18 months ago) and recently, the free version of grammarly has “nagwared” a huge number of its features into non existence.

I understand those (myself included) who were so impressed with the free version a while back that we sung it’s praises. (I was a web user only.)

Today, yes, it’s better than nothing. But it, the free version, feels more like an interactive ad for the paid product now than a worthy contender. I’m not even sure a new user of the free version would walk away impressed, it’s so hobbled.

Sure, they’re entitled to try to make a living. And do they ever try!

 

[Priscilla_June]

I’ve been using grammarly recently and it has been enough to get me through. I still use an editor from here of course so its not a perfect answer for software.

 

[Pureotica]

Hemmingway App has its quirks, but works as a quick check against wordy or clunky sentences. Sometimes it gives objectively bad advice, so you need to know when to ignore it.