IELTS Writing · Task 1 & Task 2

An IELTS writing checker that marks you down.

Paste a Task 1 or Task 2 answer and get a band on each of the four public criteria, with the errors named on your own sentences. Two independent evaluators mark it separately — and when they disagree by more than half a band, you are given the lower score.

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Why a generous checker is worse than none

The free IELTS essay checkers you will find alongside this page all work the same way: one model reads your essay and returns a band. Ask any of them to mark a band-6 essay and you will usually get a 7. That is not a bug in a particular product, it is what a single language model does when asked to judge free text with no counterweight — it finds the reading of your essay that makes it good. The cost lands on test day, when a candidate who has been told 7 for three weeks is told 6 by an examiner who had no reason to be kind.

The four criteria, scored separately

Task Achievement / Task Response

Did you answer the question that was asked, cover every part of it, and hold a clear position throughout? Task 2 answers that drift into a related question are the most common band-5 cause, and they read fluently — which is why self-checking misses them.

Coherence and Cohesion

Paragraphing and the logic between sentences. Linking words are the visible part and the least important: a paragraph stuffed with 'moreover' and 'in addition' scores worse than a plainly written one that actually progresses.

Lexical Resource

Range, precision and collocation. Marked down for repetition, but also for the thesaurus reach — a word used slightly wrong costs more than the ordinary word used correctly.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

Both halves, weighted together. Only simple sentences, all correct, caps you around band 6. Complex structures with occasional slips can score band 7 and above.

The four are averaged for your writing band, and Task 2 counts twice as much as Task 1 towards it. A strong Task 1 cannot rescue a weak Task 2.

How the scoring works

Listening and Reading are marked against the answer key, so there is nothing to argue with. Writing and Speaking are judged by two independent AI evaluators built by different companies, each scoring against the public IELTS band descriptors. When the two disagree by more than half a band, the lower score is the one you are given. A single model marking its own work is the reason most free checkers score generously; two models that have to agree is harder to please, which is the point.

What happens to the errors it finds

A checker that hands back a band and forgets you is a scoreboard, not a teacher. Each error found here is filed as a pattern — not “article error” in the abstract, but the article error you make, in the construction you make it in — and comes back as a short drill on a spacing schedule until you stop producing it. That loop is the difference between knowing your weak point and no longer having it.

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Paste a Task 1 or Task 2 answer and see the band on each criterion, with your own errors named. Expect a lower number than the other free checkers give you.

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IELTS writing checker — FAQ

Is the IELTS writing checker free?
You can check an essay and see the band breakdown without paying. Sign in with Google to keep the result and have the errors added to your drill list; unlimited daily checking is part of the ₹499/month plan.
How is this different from the other free IELTS essay checkers?
Two evaluators instead of one. Every checker on the first page of results marks with a single model, and a single model marking free-text is systematically generous — it has no incentive to disagree with you. Here two evaluators built by different companies mark the same essay against the public descriptors independently, and when they differ by more than half a band you are shown the lower one. Expect a harsher number than you get elsewhere. That is the feature.
Can it check IELTS Writing Task 1?
Yes, for both tests. Academic Task 1 is a data description — chart, graph, table, process or map — and is marked on whether you selected and compared the significant features rather than listing everything. General Training Task 1 is a letter, marked on whether the tone matches the audience. They are different jobs and are scored differently.
How accurate is an automated IELTS writing band?
Treat it as an estimate with a margin of roughly half a band. It is most reliable on Grammatical Range and Accuracy and on Lexical Resource, where the evidence is in the text. It is least reliable on Task Response, which depends on reading the prompt the way an examiner would. If a human teacher is available to you, use this between their marking rather than instead of it.
Will it rewrite my essay for me?
No, and that is deliberate. A rewritten model answer tells you what good looks like but not what you did wrong, and copying its phrasing into the exam produces the memorised-language penalty. You get your errors named, with the correction, on your own sentences.
How many words should a Task 2 answer be?
At least 250, and realistically 260 to 290. Under 250 carries an explicit penalty. Far over 300 usually costs accuracy rather than gaining marks, since the extra words are written in a hurry at the end.
Does it detect memorised or template phrases?
It flags them. Heavy templating — the opening paragraph that could sit on any essay — is visible to human examiners and is penalised under Task Response and Lexical Resource. If you have been taught a template, the check will usually tell you which parts of it are costing you.

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