Free AI-writing pre-check

Check Your Writing with a Free Turnitin AI Checker

Paste or upload your writing to get an estimated AI indicator and risk level. Use the result as a review signal, then continue to the detailed check for sentence-level findings and rewrite guidance.

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Add at least 320 words, then select Check for AI Writing to see an estimated AI indicator and risk level.

About this tool

What You Can Do with This Turnitin AI Checker

Start with a free AI-writing pre-check, understand what the result means, and move to detailed findings when your draft needs a closer look.

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Check Before You Submit

Run a quick AI-writing pre-check before submitting an essay, research paper, or other academic work.

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Understand Your AI Indicator

See an estimated AI-writing percentage and risk level so you can decide whether your draft needs a closer review.

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Continue to Detailed AI Analysis

Need more than a quick estimate? Continue to T-checker for sentence-level findings, matched sources, and a downloadable detailed report.

How it works

Get Your Turnitin AI Checker Result in 3 Easy Steps

Paste or upload your text, run the free pre-check, and review your estimated AI indicator in just a few moments.

1. Paste or Upload Your TextEnter at least 320 words or upload a supported text file. A longer passage gives the checker more writing patterns to review.
2. Run the AI Pre-CheckThe Turnitin AI detector reviews patterns such as predictability, sentence rhythm, transition use, and vocabulary variation.
3. Review Your AI ResultSee an estimated AI indicator and risk level. For sentence-level findings and rewrite guidance, continue to the detailed check.
Check Your WritingNo sign-up or repository submission. Uploaded content is deleted within 24 hours.
The evidence

Why Use a Turnitin AI Checker Before Submission?

A pre-check gives you time to review an unexpected AI signal before you submit your paper to Turnitin. The result helps you decide whether your draft needs a closer look—before it reaches your instructor.

An estimated AI indicator and risk level show whether your draft may need closer review before submission.A plain-language explanation helps you interpret the result as a review signal, not proof of authorship.A flagged-sentence count shows how much of the text may need attention. Continue to the detailed check to review individual passages and rewrite guidance.
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The pre-check report showing a 56% estimated AI indicator, a progress bar, a Mixed signals risk level and a link to the detailed resultsPreview the estimated AI indicator, risk level, and flagged-sentence count included in the free pre-check.

Free AI Pre-Check vs. Detailed T-checker Report: What’s the Difference?

Not sure which option fits your needs? Compare the free pre-check with the detailed T-checker report to see what each includes and when a closer review may be helpful before submission.

Free AI Pre-CheckDetailed T-checker Report
Check ScopeAI-writing signals for the text you paste or upload.AI-writing and similarity signals across the complete paper.
Result DetailEstimated AI indicator and risk level.Sentence-level findings show which passages need closer review.
Source ReviewNo matched-source details.Matched sources help you review overlap and check your citations.
Downloadable ReportNo downloadable report.Downloadable detailed report you can save and review.
File SupportUpload complete papers, including Word and PDF files.Upload complete papers, including Word and PDF files.
When to UseBefore submission when you want a quick estimate of your AI indicator and risk level.When you need to review specific passages, check matched sources, or save a detailed report.
Need more than an estimate? T-checker adds sentence-level findings, matched sources, and a downloadable detailed report.Start with a Free Pre-Check
Who It’s For

Who Should Use a Turnitin AI Checker?

Students

Pre-check essays and research papers before submitting them to Turnitin, then review any unexpected AI indicator while you still have time to revise.

ESL Students

Review formal or repetitive phrasing that may trigger an unexpected AI indicator before submitting your work.

Writers and Editors

Review AI-assisted drafts for writing that may sound formulaic or overly predictable before publishing or sharing the final version.

Researchers

Check abstracts, literature reviews, and methods sections where formal or repetitive language may sometimes trigger an AI detector.

Privacy and Data SafetyPre-check your paper with confidence. Here is how your uploaded content is handled.
Deleted Within 24 HoursUploaded content is deleted within 24 hours and is not retained as a permanent copy.No Repository SubmissionYour paper is not added to a repository or reference database. Checking it here will not create a stored copy that could cause a 100% similarity match later.Not Used or SharedUploaded content is not used to train the model and is not shared with third-party service providers.
Read the full details about retention, privacy, and file handling:Read Our Privacy Policy
Questions and Answers

Turnitin AI Checker FAQ

AI Results

The pre-check analyzes writing patterns and returns an estimated AI indicator, but no AI detector is perfectly accurate. Treat the percentage as a signal for human review rather than proof of authorship.

If you need to understand what is behind the result, continue to T-checker for sentence-level findings, matched sources, and a downloadable detailed report.

Not necessarily. AI detectors use different models, qualifying-text rules, scoring thresholds, and system updates, so the same paper may receive different results. If you need a closer review, T-checker’s detailed report provides sentence-level findings, matched sources, and downloadable AI-writing and similarity results. This added detail can help you review your paper before submitting it to Turnitin.

No. An AI indicator estimates whether qualifying text may be AI-generated, while a similarity score identifies text that matches other sources. Neither result alone proves authorship or plagiarism.

About This Pre-Check

No. This free pre-check uses our independently developed model to estimate AI-writing signals. It does not provide an official Turnitin result or report. Turnitin AI Detector is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an official product of Turnitin, LLC.

Yes. You can paste or upload your paper for a free pre-check before submission. Your content is not added to a repository, is deleted within 24 hours, and is not used to train the model or shared with third-party service providers.

Privacy

Uploaded content is deleted within 24 hours and is not submitted to a repository. It is not used to train the model or shared with third-party service providers.

Because no repository copy is created, using this pre-check does not add your paper to a source database.

Next Steps

Do not rewrite a paper only to lower a score. Review the argument, wording, citations, and your institution’s AI-use policy, then revise any passages that do not reflect your own reasoning.

For a closer review, T-checker provides sentence-level findings, matched sources, and a downloadable detailed report you can compare with your drafts.

Whatever you write, it can be checked here
EssaysResearch papersTheses and dissertationsLiterature reviewsLab and field reportsPersonal statements
Responsible Use

Use AI Detection Results as Review Signals—Not Final Judgments

An AI indicator cannot prove authorship, and a similarity match does not automatically establish plagiarism. Always consider results alongside human review.Read the Full Disclaimer
01Improve Your Writing, Not Just the ScoreUse the results to strengthen clarity, reasoning, and your own voice. Do not revise solely to avoid or manipulate detection.
02Review Evidence and CitationsReview flagged passages alongside your sources, citations, drafts, and version history. Similarity indicates matching text; it does not by itself establish plagiarism.
03Follow Your Institution’s AI PolicyCheck what AI assistance your institution permits, disclose its use when required, and follow the policy that applies to your assignment.

Worried About Your Turnitin Result?

Check your paper before submitting it to Turnitin. Run a free AI pre-check to review your estimated AI indicator and risk level, or preview a detailed report to see what a closer review includes.