Check for Plagiarism: The Fast, Reliable Way to Verify Your Work
Every academic paper should be checked for plagiarism before submission. Our professional service powered by PlagAware gives you the same detection quality your university uses — before the stakes are high. 70+ billion sources · 15-minute results · From $0.29/page.
Why You Should Check for Plagiarism Before Submitting
Unintentional plagiarism is far more common than deliberate copying — and just as serious in the eyes of your institution.
Protect Your Academic Record
An academic misconduct finding can result in a grade of zero, course failure, suspension, or permanent expulsion. A pre-submission check costs a fraction of what remedial tutoring or a retake year would cost.
Catch Accidental Omissions
During intensive research, it is easy to forget to add a citation or to paraphrase too closely. Our check gives you a clear view of everything that needs attention before the examiner sees it.
Understand Your Similarity Score
Know your plagiarism percentage before your professor does. If the score is higher than expected, you have time to add missing citations, rephrase passages, and resubmit a clean version.
How to Check for Plagiarism in 3 Steps
Our online check is simple, fast, and reliable — no technical knowledge whatsoever required.
Upload Your Paper
Go to our order page and upload your document. We accept PDF, DOCX, TXT, RTF, and ODT. Enter your email address so we can send the completed report directly to your inbox.
We Check 70B+ Sources
PlagAware's detection engine checks every sentence in your document against over 70 billion online and academic sources, including published journals, websites, books, and previously submitted student papers.
Receive & Review Your Report
Your PDF report arrives within 15 minutes. Every flagged passage is color-coded by severity and linked to the matching source. Review each finding and fix any issues before your official submission.
What Percentage Is Acceptable When You Check for Plagiarism?
After you check for plagiarism, the report shows a similarity percentage — the proportion of your text that matched external sources. Use these results to verify your work is fully compliant before submission. This number alone does not define whether you have plagiarized. Context matters enormously.
A 15% similarity score where all matches are properly cited quotations is generally fine. A 5% score where the matches are uncited paraphrases is a problem. Always look at the nature of the matches, not just the overall number.
- 0–10% — Generally acceptable for most academic documents
- Under 5% — Typically required for theses and dissertations
- 10–20% — Borderline; requires careful review of each match
- 20%+ — Likely problematic; significant revisions needed
For a detailed breakdown by document type, see our plagiarism percentage guide.
Acceptable Rates by Document Type
Essay / Assignment
Typical university coursework
Bachelor's Thesis
Final-year undergraduate
Master's Thesis
Postgraduate research
PhD Dissertation
Doctoral research
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Check for Plagiarism — Frequently Asked Questions
Checking before submission lets you identify and correct any unintentional plagiarism — missing citations, paraphrased passages without attribution — before your university sees them. Academic misconduct charges can result in grade penalties, course failure, or even expulsion. A pre-submission check gives you the chance to fix problems while you still can.
Most universities consider 0–10% similarity acceptable, with variations by institution and document type. For a thesis or dissertation, many institutions require under 5%. The percentage alone is not the full story — properly cited quotations should not count against you. For more detail, see our plagiarism percentage guide.
Upload your document at our order page, select your scan type, and complete the secure checkout. Within 15 minutes you receive a detailed PDF report with all matching passages highlighted and linked to their sources. No registration, no subscription — just a one-time payment per document.
Yes. Our service handles documents of any length from short essays to full PhD dissertations. The price is calculated per page so you only pay for what you upload. See our dedicated pages for thesis plagiarism checks and dissertation plagiarism checks for more detail.
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