Free CEFR essay checker

What level is your writing? Your whole essay, marked on four scales.

Paste an essay and get its CEFR level, from A1 to C2 — marked the way examiners mark writing: range of language, accuracy, coherence and how well it answers the task. Then see every sentence, so you know exactly what to fix.

  • Free, no sign-up
  • Four CEFR scales, not one guess
  • Every sentence checked

Add the task to get a task-achievement score.

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0 words · 40–600 accepted

We don’t store your essay — except when our two scoring methods strongly disagree, when it is kept without any personal details so we can improve the marking.

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Estimated level

Your level appears here

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Range

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Confidence —

How varied and advanced your grammar and vocabulary are across the essay.

Accuracy

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Confidence —

How often mistakes happen, and how much they get in the way of the meaning.

Coherence

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Confidence —

How clearly the essay is organised and how well sentences and paragraphs connect.

Task achievement

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Confidence —

How fully and relevantly the essay answers the task.

An estimate, not an exam grade: the way the four scales are combined has not yet been calibrated against officially graded essays.

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