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            "tagline": "Paid French and English writing assistant for desktop, web and iOS",
            "summary": "Antidote is a paid writing assistant with a corrector, dictionaries and language guides for French and English. It runs as a Windows and Mac app, as a web app, and on iPhone and iPad. Access is by yearly subscription, with personal and family plans.",
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            "strengths": [
                "Corrects French and English in one suite",
                "Desktop, web and iPhone or iPad apps",
                "Large dictionaries and detailed language guides"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Sold only as a yearly subscription per user",
                "Mobile app is limited to iPhone and iPad"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
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            "overview": "Antidote's corrector checks spelling, grammar and typography, and it suggests ways to rework awkward sentences. Its dictionaries and language guides cover French and English, and the site says it provides more than 2.8 million translations of words and expressions. Antidote integrates with favorite software on a computer, and its mobile app covers iPhone and iPad.\n\nAntidote+ is sold as a yearly subscription per user. Personal plans cover one language or both English and French, and Family plans add up to five users. The store page lists current prices and is the place to check them. English-only writers can choose the one-language plan."
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            "slug": "microsoft-editor",
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            "kind": "web",
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            "tagline": "Spelling, grammar and style checks built into Word and Outlook on the web",
            "summary": "Microsoft Editor is the spelling, grammar and writing-suggestion feature in Word and Outlook for the web. It checks clarity, conciseness and formality, and it can use a user dictionary. Microsoft calls its grammar checker free, and it says the full feature set works best with Microsoft 365.",
            "developer": "Microsoft",
            "platforms": [
                "web"
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            "pricing": "freemium",
            "price_note": "Free grammar checker; advanced checks work best with Microsoft 365",
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                "Built into Word and Outlook for the web",
                "Clarity and conciseness checks, not only spelling",
                "User dictionary for names and terms"
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                "Full options work best with a Microsoft 365 subscription",
                "Works only inside Microsoft's own apps"
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            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Editor is the spelling, grammar and writing feature in Word and Outlook for the web. It checks spelling, grammar, capitalization and punctuation, and it suggests clearer and shorter wording for wordy sentences. It can build a user dictionary for names and terms, and the page also lists a similarity checker for reviewing documents.\n\nEditor belongs to Microsoft's own apps rather than to a browser extension, so it is most useful for people who already write in Word or Outlook. Microsoft's page calls its grammar checker free and says Editor works better with a Microsoft 365 subscription, which adds advanced clarity and formality checks."
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        "Only Antidote runs on Windows.",
        "Only Antidote runs on macOS.",
        "Only Antidote runs on iOS.",
        "Microsoft Editor has a free plan or free version; Antidote does not.",
        "Antidote: subscription. Microsoft Editor: free plan, paid upgrades."
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                    "rank": 6,
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                    "best_for": "French and English writers who want a deep corrector",
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                        "where": "Windows and Mac apps, plus web",
                        "rewrites": "Suggestions for reworking sentences",
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                    "product": "microsoft-editor",
                    "rank": 5,
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                    "verdict": "Built into Word and Outlook for the web, with a free grammar checker. Its full set of options is tied to a Microsoft 365 subscription, and it works only in Microsoft's apps.",
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        "Scores are editorial and only comparable inside one list. Products with connected_to_publisher true receive a disclosed ranking lift: https://listme.name/methodology"
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