A sentence rewriter that gives you five versions to choose from
Some sentences just won’t sit right: too long, too stiff, or built backwards so the reader has to work out who did what. This sentence rewriter takes one sentence — or up to five — and writes up to five labelled versions of it: clearer, shorter, more formal, active voice and more vivid. You compare them side by side, pick the one you like, and copy it.
Every version comes with quick checks that are worked out by code, not by the AI: does it start with a capital and end with a full stop, did a word get doubled, are brackets and quotation marks balanced, did the number of sentences change, and were every name, number and date kept? Words that are new compared with your sentence are highlighted, so you can see what actually moved.
The writing itself is done by an AI model on your device — your browser’s built-in model in recent desktop Chrome, or IBM’s open Granite 4.0 model (Apache-2.0, run by transformers.js), downloaded once with your permission. Results vary between runs and small models make mistakes, so treat each version as a suggestion.
How to rewrite a sentence
- Type or paste your sentence into the box. Up to five sentences and 150 words work; for longer text use the Paraphrasing Tool.
- Tick at least three of the versions you want: Clearer, Shorter, More formal, Active voice and More vivid.
- Press Rewrite sentence. The versions are written one after another, each appearing word by word. If a model must be downloaded first, the page asks you before anything is fetched.
- Read each version and its checks. Green highlights show new wording; an amber badge means a check needs your attention — for example a changed date.
- Press Use this on the version you prefer, then Copy sentence.
Sentence Rewriter features
Five labelled styles
Each style is its own short instruction to the model, so you get genuinely different versions instead of five near-copies.
Grammar-safe checks
Capital letter, end punctuation, doubled words, balanced brackets and quotes, sentence count, and every name, number and date — seven checks per version.
See what changed
New or moved words are highlighted against your original sentence, and identical versions are labelled as duplicates.
Pick and copy
Choose one version and copy it with a click; the word count is shown next to your original’s.
Works offline once set up
After the model is downloaded and cached, rewriting needs no connection at all.
What each version does
| Version | What changes | Example (from the sentence in the box) |
|---|---|---|
| Clearer | Order and wording, so the main point comes first | The team wrote the report over three weeks and then sent it to Ms Rao on 12 May for her approval. |
| Shorter | Fewer words; padding such as “over a period of” goes | The team wrote the report in three weeks and sent it to Ms Rao on 12 May. |
| More formal | More formal vocabulary, no contractions | The report was prepared by the team over a three-week period and submitted to Ms Rao for approval on 12 May. |
| Active voice | The doer becomes the subject: “the team wrote” instead of “was written by the team” | The team wrote the report over three weeks, then sent it to Ms Rao for approval on 12 May. |
| More vivid | Concrete, livelier wording — no new facts | The team spent three busy weeks on the report before sending it to Ms Rao for approval on 12 May. |
Active and passive voice in one minute
In the passive voice the thing acted on comes first and the doer is hidden or pushed to the end: “The report was written by the team.” In the active voice the doer comes first: “The team wrote the report.” Active sentences are usually shorter and easier to follow, which is why plain-language guides recommend them. The passive is still the right choice when the doer is unknown or unimportant (“The road was closed overnight”) or when you want to keep attention on the thing affected.
If the active-voice version reads oddly, check whether the original even has a doer. A model asked for active voice may invent one — “someone closed the road” — and the checks cannot catch that, because no name or number changed.
When the checks flag something
- Changed or missing number or date — the most important one. Compare it with your sentence before you copy anything.
- Missing name — models sometimes shorten “Ms Rao” to “she”. That can be fine in context, or it can lose who did what.
- Sentence count changed — a shorter version may merge two sentences, a clearer one may split one. A difference of one is accepted.
- No capital or end punctuation, doubled word — small slips that are easy to fix by hand. For readability scores, paste the result into the Readability Checker.
Sentence Rewriter FAQ
Is this sentence rewriter free?
Yes. There is no sign-up and no limit set by us; the model runs on your own device.
Is my sentence sent anywhere?
No. It is rewritten by your browser’s built-in AI or by the open Granite model on your device. Only the model files are downloaded, once, after you agree.
Why are some versions almost the same?
Short, simple sentences leave little room to change, and small models sometimes return the original wording. Identical versions are labelled “Same as …” so you don’t have to compare them word by word.
Can it rewrite a whole paragraph?
Up to five sentences at once. For longer text, the Paraphrasing Tool works paragraph by paragraph, and the Tone Changer adjusts a whole message.
Why did the date change in one version?
Language models predict likely words and sometimes get details wrong. The numbers check exists for exactly this reason: never copy a version with an amber badge without reading it.
Which languages does it support?
English gives the best results. Chrome’s built-in AI also handles Spanish and Japanese; Granite 4.0 covers about a dozen languages with lower quality outside English.