Welcome to the WordTools FAQ. Here you'll find answers to the most common questions about our free online word and text tools, how they work, privacy, and using the website.
WordTools is a collection of free online word and text utilities designed for writers, students, teachers, developers, researchers, and anyone working with text. Every tool runs directly in your web browser, so there is nothing to install and no account is required.
Yes. Every tool on WordTools is completely free to use without registration or subscription.
No. All tools run entirely within your web browser and work on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones.
WordTools processes your text directly within your browser. We do not store or share the text you enter unless a particular tool clearly states otherwise.
WordTools may need to download a data file (eg dictionary data) to your device for the tool to be responsive. For example the reverse dictionary page downloads a compressed vector representation of word definitions. This can take a little while depending on your internet connection speed, but then the page performance should be very fast.
WordTools is useful for:
Yes. The website is fully responsive and works on modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers.
Our tools are designed to provide reliable and consistent results using established text-processing techniques and algorithms. Some tools are more experimental, such as word discovery, and are designed to be lightweight - they may not produce as good results as an LLM but will run for free on your phone without using much power. If you discover unexpected behaviour, we'd appreciate your feedback.
Different websites may use different dictionaries, algorithms, or processing rules. WordTools aims to produce consistent and transparent results for each tool.
No account is required to use WordTools, and we don't collect any information. Can I use the tools for commercial work?
Yes. You are free to use the results generated by our tools for both personal and commercial projects.
Yes. We will improve existing tools and add new ones based on user feedback and new ideas.
We welcome feedback. If you find a bug, have a suggestion, or would like to request a new tool, please contact us through the website's contact page.
Advertising helps support the costs of hosting, development, maintenance, and creating new tools, allowing us to keep WordTools free for everyone.
Absolutely. You are welcome to link to any WordTools page if you think it will be useful to your visitors.