Duden-Mentor vs PONS Dictionary

Duden-Mentor checks German text for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style, then suggests corrections. It can flag filler words, repeated wording, and overly long sentences, with suggestions for readability. The service supports German variants for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, but checks German only. Browser extensions are available for Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge, and the plug-in works in text fields on services including Gmail, Web.de, GMX.de, Trello, Facebook, and WordPress. A Microsoft Word add-in supports macOS from Word 2016 and Windows from Word 2019. An internet connection is required. Duden says text is encrypted in transit, not used for AI training, and deleted after checking. Basis is free and lists a 10-word personal dictionary and 500 characters without an account. Pur costs €2.99 a month, billed 35,88 € pro Jahr, with 10 test corrections or rewrites monthly. Premium costs €7.95 a month, billed 95,40 € pro Jahr, with 250 monthly text optimizations; Premium Plus costs €9.95 a month, billed 119,40 € pro Jahr, with unlimited optimizations. Paid plans are annually payable and annually cancellable.

PONS Dictionary is an online lookup and translation service for single words, common word combinations, and phrases; it does not search complete sentences or texts. PONS Translate provides access to 44 PONS dictionaries in 36 languages. Entries can include grammatical, stylistic, and contextual notes, and the site offers verb tables for many languages. Users can play word pronunciations, with regional variants available in some languages. The Android and iOS app can download dictionaries for offline use; in-app purchases offer dictionaries and ad-free use. The free online dictionary is ad-supported, while the paid PONS Pur subscription removes ads and video banners apart from PONS products. Words can be added directly to a selected lesson in the PONS Vocabulary Trainer. For websites and apps, the API includes a free allowance of 1,000 reference queries monthly and can cover over 12 million headwords and phrases across 13 languages and more than 34 language combinations. PONS says text submitted for machine translation and the resulting translation are temporarily stored to improve product quality.