Plagiarism Detector: Find Copied Content Before Your Professor Does
Detect plagiarism professionally. Our detector doesn't just flag potential issues, it shows you exactly what was found and where it came from. Powered by PlagAware with about 70 billion public sources · Results in about 15 minutes · From $0.29/page.
~70B public sources
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Illustrative example, not an actual report or vendor interface. Highlights distinguish source excerpts, not severity. Similarity is not a plagiarism verdict.
How the Plagiarism Detector Finds Copied Content
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Submit your document in PDF, DOCX, DOC, or TXT, up to 50 MB. No account needed, just your email address to receive the report.
Detector Searches About 70B Public Sources
PlagAware's detection engine compares your text against publicly available sources, about 70 billion texts according to PlagAware: web pages, open-access publications, and other freely accessible content. It finds copied passages and often catches lightly reworded ones.
Get an Actionable Report
Your PDF report arrives in about 15 minutes. Every flagged passage is highlighted and linked to its source. Go through the findings and fix any issues before submission.
What the Detector Identifies
Direct Copy-Paste
Word-for-word text from a publicly available source. Even single sentences are flagged when they match a source exactly.
Paraphrased Content
Lightly reworded passages are often caught and listed with their source. Heavily rewritten text is hard for any checker.
Self-Plagiarism
Your own earlier work reused without citation. It's flagged when it's publicly available online. Papers that were only submitted privately aren't in PlagAware's index.
Translated Text
Text translated from a foreign-language source without attribution. PlagAware says translation plagiarism is not reliably detected, so check your translated sources and attribution yourself.
Mosaic Plagiarism
Fragments from multiple sources blended together without citation. Every public source that matches part of your text is listed in the report.
Incorrect Quotation Handling
Matching passages may need quotation marks or corrected attribution. The scan does not verify citation formatting; review it yourself.
What to Do After the Detector Finds Something
Receiving a detection report with flagged passages is not a verdict: it is information you can act on. Every finding in the report includes a link to the source, so you can assess each match yourself before deciding how to respond.
Work through the report systematically: start with the matches that have the longest word-for-word overlap, then review the more loosely reworded ones. Highlight colors only tell the sources apart. For each one, check whether a proper citation is already present. If so, verify that quotation marks are used for directly quoted text. If not, add attribution. For verbatim wording, also use quotation marks or block formatting; a paraphrase needs genuinely different wording and a citation.
- Review correctly marked quotations against your assignment rules
- Add missing citations for referenced but uncited content
- Rewrite passages that are paraphrased too closely
- Run a second check after revisions if needed
Detection Workflow
In about 15 minutes of upload
Click source links to verify each match
Add citations or rewrite passages
Fix issues, then submit
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Pay per page. No subscription. Minimum order $0.90.
Professional plagiarism detection with source-linked report.
- About 70 billion public sources
- Results in about 15 minutes
- Detailed PDF report
- Source links for every match
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- Full plagiarism detection
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AI typicality analysis, not a test of which model or person wrote the text.
- Sentence-level AI typicality
- Not proof of AI authorship
- Results in about 15 minutes
- PDF report included
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1 standard page = 1,800 characters including spaces. Minimum order $0.90, also after discounts. AI and plagiarism scans are $0.29/page each; Combo is $0.39/page.
AI typicality runs from 0 to 100, with 50 neutral. It is not a probability of authorship or a model identifier. We have not published model-specific validation for this service. Review findings in context.
Plagiarism Detector: Frequently Asked Questions
PlagAware searches about 70 billion publicly available texts, according to PlagAware. It finds copied passages and often catches lightly reworded ones, but it has no access to paywalled or subscription journals. No checker is perfect, so every match comes with a source link you can verify yourself.
The report shows your overall similarity percentage, highlights every flagged passage in your text, and lists each matching source with a link. Highlight colors identify the source and don't rate how serious a match is. The report arrives as a PDF by email.
Review each flagged passage using the provided source link. For direct matches, mark quoted wording with quotation marks or block formatting and cite the source. For close paraphrases, rewrite in your own words and retain the citation. Correct attribution does not guarantee acceptance; follow your assignment's quotation and reuse rules.
Yes. You can upload essays, theses, and dissertations in PDF, DOCX, DOC, or TXT format, up to 50 MB. Large documents can take longer to process. See our dedicated pages for thesis checks and dissertation checks.
With our Combo Check ($0.39/page), you receive source matching and AI typicality analysis. Typicality measures AI-like phrasing on a 0 to 100 scale, with 50 neutral. It cannot identify a model or prove authorship, and it can miss AI text or flag human writing.
Check Your Paper Before Your Professor Does
Professional plagiarism detector. Results in about 15 minutes. From $0.29/page.