Grammarly now offers spelling and grammar check for five more languages | TechCrunch

Grammarly built its reputation on being a tool for checking spelling, grammar, and writing tips in English. The company is now expanding the scope of these features to support five more languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian.

The company said it will now suggest paragraph-level rewrites for tone, style, and flow for the new languages. Users writing in any of these five languages, as well as English, will also be able to translate text in-line in 19 languages. The multilingual writing feature is available for all free and paid users.

“Our customers have been asking for multilingual support, and we’re meeting them where they are, not just in the 500,000 apps and websites where Grammarly already works, but also in the languages that they think, learn, and communicate in daily,” Ailian Gan, Director of Product Management at Grammarly said in a statement.

Grammarly said in May that it recorded 40 million daily active users, and today’s addition is no doubt aimed at increasing that number.

The company said it piloted the multilingual tools with 1 million people and saw results were positive. However, it didn’t share any specific usage numbers.

Grammarly has been on a launch spree of late. Last month, it introduced new AI features and a redesigned document UX, powered by Coda, the productivity startup it acquired last year. The company said that it plans to bring multilingual support to its AI features as well.