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AI Tell-Sign Checker
Spot the words and rhythms that make writing feel AI-generated.
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What this tool does
About the ai tell-sign checker
Flags the famous tells in plain words — delve, tapestry, em-dash cascades, rule-of-three chains — with honest framing: style tells, never proof.
How to use it
- Paste the text.
- Read the three tell classes: overused vocabulary, stock phrases, structural rhythms.
- Check the density figure — tells per thousand words — against the honest bands.
- Rewrite the flagged patterns in your own voice; the list is the edit plan.
Useful for
- Humanise AI-assisted drafts before they ship with “delve” intact.
- Review outsourced copy that reads suspiciously smooth.
- Learn your own tell vocabulary and stop reaching for it.
Straight answers
AI Tell-Sign Checker FAQ
Is this an AI detector?
No, and the page says so in bold: no tool can honestly detect AI text, and the vendors selling that promise mislabel human writing constantly. These are style tells — humans write them too. The value is editorial: the flagged patterns make prose feel machine-made regardless of who typed them.
Why do models overuse these particular words?
Training rewards agreeable, hedged, formally polished register — and “delve”, “tapestry” and the rule of three live exactly there. They were fine words before; frequency is what killed them.