What is the Plagiarism Checker?
The Plagiarism Checker is a tool designed to compare two pieces of text to identify similarities. Users paste a "Source Text" and a "Text to Check," and the tool highlights any sentences in the second text that are exact matches to sentences found in the source. It then provides an overall similarity score.
History of this Feature
Plagiarism detection software has become an essential tool in academic and publishing fields. Commercial tools often scan a vast database of online and academic sources. Our tool offers a different, more focused approach: a local comparison between two specific documents. It was created to provide a free, private, and simple way for a user to check their own work against a source they have used, or for an educator to compare a student's submission against a known source text without needing an internet connection or a subscription.
Who Commonly Uses This Feature?
This tool is used by students to check their own papers for accidental unattributed text before submission, by teachers to compare a student's work against a specific source, and by writers and editors to check for content that may have been unintentionally copied between drafts.
How to Use the Plagiarism Checker
This tool helps you check for similarities by comparing a source text against another text. It is a local checker and does not search the internet.
- Paste the Source Text: In the "Source Text" box, paste the original, authoritative content that you want to check against.
- Paste the Text to Check: In the "Text to Check" box, paste the text you want to analyze for similarities.
- Analyze: Click the "Check for Plagiarism" button.
- Review the Report:
- The tool will provide an overall "Similarity Score."
- The report will highlight any sentences from the "Text to Check" that are exact matches to sentences found in the "Source Text."
This is useful for finding direct copy-pasting between two specific documents.