Writing tools for journalists
Reporting cycles get shorter every year and the platforms you publish to all cap length differently. A web headline, a push alert, a tweet, and a LinkedIn lead each have their own constraint, and the same lede has to survive in each of them without losing the news.
Phrasit is built around that reality. The character counter has dedicated views for each major platform with the right per-character weighting, the reading level analyzer flags when copy has drifted too academic for a general audience, and the email tone analyzer is useful when you are writing to a source or a press officer and need it to read straight. Find and replace, the text comparator, and the grammar checker round out the desk work between filing and publication.
Core tools
The ones journalists reach for first- Character counter
Count characters with and without spaces. Built for Twitter, SMS, meta descriptions, and form length limits.
- Word counter
Count words, characters, sentences, paragraphs, and reading time in any text. Real-time stats, mobile-friendly, no signup.
- Reading level
Analyze text with Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG, and Coleman-Liau scores. Get grade-level and simplification tips.
- Grammar checker
Catch grammar, spelling, and style issues with LanguageTool. Inline suggestions, explanations, and one-click fixes.
- Email tone
Check whether your email reads as friendly, neutral, formal, or aggressive before you hit send.
- Text comparator
Compare two pieces of text side-by-side with line and character-level diff. Shows similarity percentage.
Helpful supporting tools
Useful adjacent to the core set- Find and replace
Bulk find and replace across long text with support for regex, case sensitivity, and whole-word matching.
- Text formatter
Clean messy text. Trim whitespace, collapse spaces, strip blank lines, convert smart quotes, normalise line endings.
- Reading time
Estimate how long text takes to read and to speak aloud, with slow, average, and fast wpm presets.
- Paragraph counter
Count paragraphs, sentences, and words. Get average length per paragraph and pinpoint the longest one.
- Citation generator
Paste a URL, DOI, or ISBN and generate APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, or IEEE citations in one click.
- Word frequency
Find the most common words in text with stopword filtering, minimum length controls, and count bars.
Guides for journalists
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.