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What's a paraphrasing tool?
This AI-powered paraphraser lets you rewrite text in your own words. Use it to paraphrase articles, essays, and other pieces of text. You can also use it to rephrase sentences and find synonyms for individual words. And the best part? Itās all 100% free!
What's paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing involves expressing someone elseās ideas or thoughts in your own words while maintaining the original meaning. Paraphrasing tools can help you quickly reword text by replacing certain words with synonyms or restructuring sentences. They can also make your text more concise, clear, and suitable for a specific audience. Paraphrasing is an essential skill in academic writing and professional communication.
Why use this paraphrasing tool?
- Save time: Gone are the days when you had to reword sentences yourself; now you can rewrite an individual sentence or a complete text with one click.
- Improve your writing: Your writing will always be clear and easy to understand. Automatically ensure consistent language throughout.
- Preserve original meaning: Paraphrase without fear of losing the point of your text.
- No annoying ads: We care about the user experience, so we donāt run any ads.
- Accurate: Reliable and grammatically correct paraphrasing.
- No sign-up required: We donāt need your data for you to use our paraphrasing tool.
- Super simple to use: A simple interface even your grandma could use.
- Itās 100% free: No hidden costs, just unlimited use of a free paraphrasing tool.
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Features of the paraphrasing tool
Rephrase individual sentences
With the Scribbr Paraphrasing Tool, you can easily reformulate individual sentences.
- Write varied headlines
- Rephrase the subject line of an email
- Create unique image captions
Paraphrase a whole text
Our paraphraser can also help with longer passages (up to 125 words per input). Upload your document or copy your text into the input field.
With one click, you can reformulate the entire text.
Find synonyms with ease
Simply click on any word to open the interactive thesaurus.
- Choose from a list of suggested synonyms
- Find the synonym with the most appropriate meaning
- Replace the word with a single click
Paraphrase in two ways
- Standard: Offers a compromise between modifying and preserving the meaning of the original text
- Fluency: Improves language and corrects grammatical mistakes
Upload different types of documents
Upload any Microsoft Word document, Google Doc, or PDF into the paraphrasing tool.
Download or copy your results
After youāre done, you can easily download or copy your text to use somewhere else.
Powered by AI
The paraphrasing tool uses natural language processing to rewrite any text you give it. This way, you can paraphrase any text within seconds.
How does this paraphrasing tool work?
1. Put your text into the paraphraser
2. Select your method of paraphrasing
3. Select the quantity of synonyms you want
4. Edit your text where needed
Who can use this paraphrasing tool?
Students
Paraphrasing tools can help students to understand texts and improve the quality of their writing.
Teachers
Create original lesson plans, presentations, or other educational materials.
Researchers
Explain complex concepts or ideas to a wider audience.
Journalists
Quickly and easily rephrase text to avoid repetitive language.
Copywriters
By using a paraphrasing tool, you can quickly and easily rework existing content to create something new and unique.
Bloggers
Bloggers can rewrite existing content to make it their own.
Writers
Writers who need to rewrite content, such as adapting an article for a different context or writing content for a different audience.
Marketers
A paraphrasing tool lets you quickly rewrite your original content for each medium, ensuring you reach the right audience on each platform.
The all-purpose paraphrasing tool
The Scribbr Paraphrasing Tool is the perfect assistant in a variety of contexts.
Brainstorming
Writerās block? Use our paraphraser to get some inspiration.
Professional communication
Produce creative headings for your blog posts or PowerPoint slides.
Academic writing
Paraphrase sources smoothly in your thesis or research paper.
Social media
Craft memorable captions and content for your social media posts.
Paraphrase text online, for free
The Scribbr Paraphrasing Tool lets you rewrite as many sentences as you wantāfor free.
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Frequently asked questions
- Whatās the difference between paraphrasing, rephrasing, and rewording?
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The act of putting someone elseās ideas or words into your own words is called paraphrasing, rephrasing, or rewording. Even though they are often used interchangeably, the terms can mean slightly different things:
Paraphrasingis restating someone elseās ideas or words in your own words while retaining their meaning. Paraphrasing changes sentence structure, word choice, and sentence length to convey the same meaning.
Rephrasingmay involve more substantial changes to the original text, including changing the order of sentences or the overall structure of the text.
Rewordingis changing individual words in a text without changing its meaning or structure, often using synonyms.
- Does the paraphrasing tool improve the readability and tone of the content?
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It can. One of the two methods of paraphrasing is called āFluency.ā This will improve the language and fix grammatical errors in the text youāre paraphrasing.
- Is using a paraphrasing tool considered cheating?
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Paraphrasing and using a paraphrasing tool arenāt cheating. Itās a great tool for saving time and coming up with new ways to express yourself in writing. However, always be sure to credit your sources.Avoid plagiarism.
- Why are references an important element in paraphrasing content?
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If you donāt properly reference text paraphrased from another source, youāre plagiarising. If you use someone elseās text and paraphrase it, you need to credit the original source. You can do that by using citations. There are different styles, like APA, MLA, Harvard, and Chicago. Find more information about referencing sourceshere.
- Is paraphrasing considered plagiarism?
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Paraphrasingwithout crediting the original authoris aform of plagiarism, because youāre presenting someone elseās ideas as if they were your own.
However, paraphrasing is not plagiarism if you correctly referencing the source. This means including anin-text citationand a full reference, formatted according to your requiredcitation style.
As well as citing, make sure that any paraphrased text is completely rewritten in your own words.
- What is the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing?
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Plagiarismmeans using someone elseās words or ideas and passing them off as your own.Paraphrasingmeans putting someone elseās ideas in your own words.
So when does paraphrasing count as plagiarism?
- Paraphrasingisplagiarism if you donāt properly credit the original author.
- Paraphrasingisplagiarism if your text is too close to the original wording (even if you cite the source). If you directly copy a sentence or phrase, you shouldquoteit instead.
- Paraphrasingis notplagiarism if you put the authorās ideas completely in your own wordsandproperly referencing the source.