Wordtune is an AI writing assistant that works on your sentences. Its site describes rewriting and paraphrasing suggestions, a switch between formal and casual, shortening and expanding, grammar correction, and summaries of articles, pages and videos. It can also continue your text or draft from a prompt, and turn text from other languages into English. It runs as a browser extension inside the places people write, such as Google Docs, Gmail, Word and Slack.
An alternative, then, is a tool that does one of those jobs in a way that suits you better. We make one, Hemmingway, and it takes a different approach: it writes the message, where Wordtune improves yours. We have not tested Wordtune or the other rewriters and checkers on this page, so nothing here ranks them. What each does is taken from its own website.
Who looks for a Wordtune alternative
- You rewrite sentences one at a time. You want another tool that offers different ways to say a line.
- You mostly want mistakes caught. Rewording is a bonus. Correct grammar is the job.
- English is your second language. You want your sentences to sound natural, or you write in other languages too.
- Your writing runs long. You want it tightened more than reworded.
- You fix tone a lot. The facts are right, but the email sounds cold, or too soft.
- You would rather not write the first draft. No amount of rewording helps an empty page.
The kinds of alternative
Sentence rewriters give you other versions of what you typed. Checkers mark errors and suggest fixes, usually wherever you type. Editors point at what is hard to read and leave the fixing to you. Writers produce the whole message from what you want to say. Wordtune is a rewriter first. Moving to a different kind changes how you work.
The tools at a glance
| Tool | What it is | Good for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| QuillBot | A set of writing tools led by a paraphraser | Rewording paragraphs, summarising, citations | Built around text you already have |
| Grammarly | A writing checker that runs across browsers, documents and mail | Grammar, clarity and tone checked as you type | More a checker than a rewriter |
| DeepL Write | A writing assistant from the makers of the DeepL translator | Natural phrasing and corrections in several languages | Works on your draft and does not start one |
| LanguageTool | A grammar, spelling and style checker for many languages | People who write in more than one language | Rewording is a smaller part of it |
| Hemingway Editor | A readability editor that highlights hard sentences | Tightening long, dense writing yourself | It points; you do the rewriting |
| Hemmingway | An AI that writes messages and rewrites drafts in your voice | Emails and replies written for you; tone changes that sound like a person | It does not work inside other apps as you type, and is English-first |
QuillBot
QuillBot's site lists a paraphraser, a grammar checker, a summariser and a translator, along with a citation generator and a plagiarism checker. It is the nearest to Wordtune in kind: both start from your text and hand back another version. QuillBot alternatives has its own page.
Grammarly
Grammarly's site describes grammar, spelling, punctuation and tone checks, with sentence and paragraph rewriting alongside. It runs as browser extensions, desktop and mobile apps, and inside Word and Google Docs. Choose it if catching mistakes matters more to you than finding a nicer phrase. Grammarly alternatives sets out the checkers.
DeepL Write
DeepL Write comes from the company behind the DeepL translator. Its site says it corrects spelling, grammar and punctuation, offers alternative words and sentences, and lets you set style and tone, in a range of languages. If you used Wordtune to make your English sound natural, or you also write in another language, this is a close match in purpose.
LanguageTool
LanguageTool checks grammar, spelling and style in many languages and several varieties of English. Its site lists a paraphrasing tool too, and add-ons for browsers, office programs and mail. It fits someone who writes to colleagues in one language and customers in another.
Hemingway Editor
Hemingway Editor, with one m, highlights sentences that are hard to read, along with passive voice, adverbs and words that have a simpler alternative, and gives a readability grade. Its site lists a Plus version that can also fix what it highlights. It shows you the problem and leaves the sentence to you. It is not connected to us. Hemingway Editor alternatives covers it.
Hemmingway
Hemmingway, with two m's, is ours. Its main job is writing the message for you. You say who it is for and what you want said, and it gives you one version, with nothing around it to cut. You can tell it who people are, so an email to your manager and a text to your brother each sound like you.
It also rewrites, which is the Wordtune job. Paste a line into the sentence rewriter and it comes back said another way. The tone changer keeps what a draft says and changes how it sounds.
In our own blind test, Human-Likeness, where a judge picks which of two texts a person wrote, Hemmingway-1 came first of the models we tested. That is our benchmark, and Wordtune was not in it. The method is on the model card.
Where Hemmingway fits, and where it does not
It fits when:
- the message is to a person and the tone is the hard part: a no, an apology, a nudge about money
- you have the facts and no draft
- you want one rewrite that sounds like you, not a row of options to pick from
It does not fit when:
- you want suggestions under your cursor in Gmail or Google Docs. Hemmingway will not underline or rewrite things as you type in another app. You work in its own app or in the browser.
- you want summaries of articles and videos in the same tool. That is not what Hemmingway is built around.
- you write mainly in a language other than English. It is English-first.
Whatever it writes, read it before you send it. It can be wrong and still sound sure.
How to choose
- Look at your last five uses of Wordtune. Were you rewording, fixing, shortening, or changing tone?
- If you were rewording, another rewriter will feel familiar. Try it on the same five sentences.
- If you were fixing mistakes, a checker that runs where you type is the better fit.
- If you were shortening, try an editor that shows you what to cut.
- If you write in a second language, test in that language before anything else.
- If you were rewriting the same email four times, the problem is the draft. Try a tool that writes it from the facts. Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and the plans are on pricing.
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Common questions
What is the best alternative to Wordtune?
It depends on what you used it for. For rewording, QuillBot is the nearest in kind. For checking, Grammarly or LanguageTool. For natural phrasing in several languages, DeepL Write. For having the message written for you, Hemmingway. We have not tested the others, so we do not rank them.
Is there a free alternative to Wordtune?
Hemmingway has a free trial with no card needed, and its sentence rewriter opens that trial with your text filled in. For the other tools, check each one's own site for what you can use without paying.
Is Wordtune or Grammarly better?
They lean different ways. Going by their own sites, Wordtune is built around rewriting a sentence you typed, and Grammarly around checking grammar, clarity and tone wherever you write. Both do some of each. We have not tested either.
Can Hemmingway rewrite a sentence like Wordtune?
Yes, though it works differently. You paste the sentence into the sentence rewriter or the chat, and it gives you one rewritten version. It does not sit inside other apps and offer suggestions as you type.
What should non-native English speakers use in place of Wordtune?
Tools built with several languages in mind are the place to start. DeepL Write and LanguageTool both describe that on their sites. Test them on a real email of your own, and ask a fluent friend to read the result once.