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Italian grammar checker
Italian grammar checked with the reason attached
Paste Italian and every issue is underlined where it happens, labelled spelling, grammar, punctuation or style, with the reason attached. Italian is written in the Latin alphabet, and agreement, the accent on è, apostrophes, double consonants are what a checker has to get right in it. This one shows the rule each time, not just the change, so you can accept the fix, ignore it, or learn from it.
How to check Italian grammar
Three steps. The third is the one most checkers leave out.
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Paste or upload the Italian
Type, paste or drop in a document. Italian is already selected as the language on this page. If the text turns out to be something else, the detector says so and you can change it.
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Read the flags
Every flag is underlined in the text and listed beside it. Spelling and grammar flags are errors; punctuation and style flags are judgements, and the label tells you which is which before you decide.
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Accept, ignore or read why
Click a flag to see the fix and the rule behind it, then accept it or ignore it. Italian has rules that speech does not reveal, and the reason is there so the same error is not made twice.
What the checker looks at in Italian
The parts of Italian grammar and spelling where a checker has to know the language, not just the words.
AgreementArticles, adjectives and past participles agree in gender and number, and the article itself changes with the following sound: il libro, lo studente, l’amico, gli amici. After essere the participle agrees with the subject (sono andate); after avere only with a preceding clitic object (le ho viste).
VerbsEndings mark person and number, so subjects are dropped. The subjunctive after penso che, credo che, è importante che (penso che sia, not è) is still required in written Italian, and the passato prossimo versus imperfetto choice carries the narrative.
Spelling and diacriticsThe written accent is mostly final: è (is) against e (and), città, perché, più, già. The direction matters in careful typography (perché with an acute, caffè with a grave), and è written as e’ with an apostrophe is a spelling error.
PunctuationStandard; quotations use « » in books and “ ” in most other writing. Decimals take a comma.
Capital lettersDays, months, languages and nationality adjectives are lower case (lunedì, gennaio, italiano). Lei as the formal you is often capitalised in formal letters, and always in older usage.
Common mistakes in Italian writing
Five errors Italian readers notice at once, and what the checker does with each.
è written as e’ or as e
È is the verb; e is and. The accent is not optional, and replacing it with an apostrophe (e’) is a typing habit that counts as a spelling error.
un’ before a feminine noun only
Un amico, un’amica. The apostrophe marks the dropped -a of una; masculine un never takes one.
Qual è without an apostrophe
Qual’è is one of the most common written errors in Italian. Qual is a truncated form, not an elided one, so no apostrophe.
The subjunctive after opinion verbs
Penso che abbia ragione, credo che sia vero. Using the indicative here is accepted in casual speech and marked as an error in writing.
Double consonants
Sopratutto is wrong (soprattutto), so is inverno with a double n. The checker treats a missing or extra double as spelling, and shows the standard form.
Formal and informal Italian
Tu against Lei: Lei takes third-person singular verbs (Lei ha, Lei può) and the possessive Suo, and it is the default with strangers, customers and anyone senior. A letter that moves from Lei to tu without meaning to is a real mistake.
The checker flags a mixed register as style rather than as an error, so the decision stays yours. If a whole text needs to move from one register to the other, the tone changer rewrites it in one pass.
Who checks Italian here
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Students in Italy and Switzerland, and international students writing theses in Italian.
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Anyone writing to an Italian client or agency, where Lei and the accents are read as care.
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Learners who want the subjunctive corrected with the rule attached.
Italian grammar checker FAQs
Is the Italian grammar checker free?
Yes. Check Italian without an account, within the per-check and daily word allowances shown beside the editor. Signing in raises them, and Pro removes the guest limits and the ads. The pricing page lists what each plan includes.
Which Italian does it check?
Standard written Italian, spelled as the current standard has it. Double consonants change the word (pena, penna; casa, cassa; sono, sonno), and the apostrophe pairs are the classic errors: un amico but un’amica, qual è with no apostrophe, po’ with one, da’ as the imperative of dare. Italian is preselected on this page; the language menu above the editor changes it if the text turns out to be something else.
Does it correct Italian spelling as well as grammar?
Yes, and in Italian the two overlap. Double consonants change the word (pena, penna; casa, cassa; sono, sonno), and the apostrophe pairs are the classic errors: un amico but un’amica, qual è with no apostrophe, po’ with one, da’ as the imperative of dare. Each of these is underlined where it happens, labelled spelling or grammar, with the standard form and the rule beside it.
Will it rewrite my Italian?
Not unless you ask it to. A check corrects what is wrong and leaves your sentences as you wrote them; every change is a separate flag you accept or ignore. The Improve and Rewrite passes, which do change wording, are separate buttons, and the paraphraser is a separate tool.
Can I check a whole Italian document?
Yes. Paste the text or drop in a .docx, .pdf or .txt file; the document is checked paragraph by paragraph and the corrected version can be copied or exported. Long documents are checked within the per-check allowance and continue as you scroll.
Is it useful if I am learning Italian?
That is where the reason attached to each flag earns its keep. Articles, adjectives and past participles agree in gender and number, and the article itself changes with the following sound: il libro, lo studente, l’amico, gli amici. A learner sees which rule was broken, not just the corrected word, and can accept the fix or read why it was raised before deciding.
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