Writing tools for esl-teachers
ESL teaching has a lot of moving pieces that come back to the same question, which is whether a text is at the right level for the student in front of you. An IELTS task 2 has a 250-word minimum that examiners check on the page. A TOEFL independent essay has its own band. A reading passage needs to land at a grade level the class can actually parse, and vocabulary frequency tells you which words to pre-teach before you hand it out.
Phrasit gives you that toolkit without asking students to sign up for anything. The reading level analyzer reports Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG, and Coleman-Liau, the word counter has dedicated IELTS task 1, IELTS task 2, and TOEFL views with the right thresholds, and the word frequency analyzer ranks vocabulary so you can spot the words students will get stuck on. The grammar checker is useful for marking written homework. Everything runs in the browser with nothing stored, which makes it safe to use from a school computer.
Core tools
The ones esl-teachers reach for first- Reading level
Analyze text with Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG, and Coleman-Liau scores. Get grade-level and simplification tips.
- Word counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in any text. Real-time stats, mobile-friendly, no signup.
- Word frequency
Find the most common words in text with stopword filtering, minimum length controls, and count bars.
- Grammar checker
Catch grammar, spelling, and style issues with LanguageTool. Inline suggestions, explanations, and one-click fixes.
- Character counter
Count characters with and without spaces. Built for Twitter, SMS, meta descriptions, and form length limits.
- Flashcards
Make browser-based flashcards from your notes. Save locally, shuffle, and study with spaced review.
Helpful supporting tools
Useful adjacent to the core set- Paragraph counter
Count paragraphs, sentences, and words. Get average length per paragraph and pinpoint the longest one.
- Text formatter
Clean messy text. Trim whitespace, collapse spaces, strip blank lines, convert smart quotes, normalise line endings.
- Find and replace
Bulk find and replace across long text with support for regex, case sensitivity, and whole-word matching.
- Reading time
Estimate how long text takes to read and to speak aloud, with slow, average, and fast wpm presets.
- Words per page
Estimate page count for an essay by font, size, and spacing. Times, Arial, Calibri, and Verdana supported.
- Text comparator
Compare two pieces of text side-by-side with line and character-level diff. Shows similarity percentage.
Guides for esl-teachers
Pick one and try it now
No signup, no paywall, runs entirely in your browser. The fastest way to see whether Phrasit fits your workflow is to open the tool and paste in a real piece of text.