Grammalecte vs Outwrite

Grammalecte is free, GPL 3 open-source software for checking French grammar and typography. It detects punctuation, spacing, typography, repeated words, hyphenation, capitalization, agreement, conjugation, confusions, and pleonasms. Users can enable or disable error categories and choose Classic, 1990 Reform, or All Variants spelling dictionaries, with Classic selected by default. Suggestions use several mechanisms, and an OCR option can detect errors in text produced by optical character recognition. A formatter addresses recurring errors and restructures text; its conjugator covers about 8,000 verbs. Grammalecte is available as a desktop app and browser extension on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Listed integrations include LibreOffice or OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, a command-line interface, server, and Python package. The FAQ says writing is analyzed locally, with no data collected or text transmitted. The maker says the checker does not perform semantic analysis, can miss mistakes, and may produce false positives. There is currently no version compatible with Chrome’s new extension API.

Outwrite is an AI writing assistant for improving spelling, grammar, style, and sentence structure. Its Rewrite feature offers alternative sentence wording, while real-time statistics report readability and grade level. Style suggestions and tone detection are listed, and support covers seven languages: English variants for the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, plus French and Spanish. Outwrite works as a web app and browser extension, and its listed online integrations include Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, and WordPress. It has no desktop or mobile app. The free plan includes spelling and grammar, thesaurus, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, browser extensions, and the web app. Pro costs $9.95 a month and adds style and structural suggestions, rewriting, 50 monthly plagiarism checks, and priority email support. Teams costs $7.95 a month per user, with 50 checks, team access management, consolidated billing, and a group discount. Teams accounts are for groups of three or more.