The English writing assistant for people who think in French.
Grammarly was made for native English writers. WriteNative is made for you: it explains every suggestion in French, shows what each word means and how to say it, and turns what you write in French into natural English, in any app on your Mac.
Explanations in French, not just corrections
A red underline tells you something is wrong. It does not tell you why, and next week you make the same mistake. Click any WriteNative underline and the card explains the reason in French: a tense that does not match, a preposition carried over from French, a word that looks the same in both languages but means something else.
Each suggested word comes with its meaning in this sentence in French ("eventually" → finalement) and its pronunciation, so you learn the word while you fix it.
Write in French, send English
Press ⌥ twice with nothing selected and write what you mean in French. The English appears as you type, written the way a colleague would say it rather than word for word, and goes in at your cursor in Slack, Mail, Notion or the browser.
The mistakes French speakers make in English
Most of them come from French itself, which is why an explanation in French helps more than a label in English. A few that come up again and again:
When WriteNative flags one of these, the card says in French what the English word really means and which one you were looking for, so the next time you catch it yourself.
- False friends: "eventually" means finally, not éventuellement; "actually" means in fact, not actuellement; "to assist" is to help, not to attend.
- Tenses: "I have seen him yesterday" should be "I saw him yesterday"; "I work here since 2020" should be "I have worked here since 2020".
- Uncountable nouns: "informations" and "advices" have no plural in English.
- Constructions carried over: "I am agree" for "I agree", "I have 30 years" for "I am 30".
| WriteNative | Grammarly | |
|---|---|---|
| Reason for each suggestion | In French | Short labels in English |
| Word meanings and pronunciation | In French | No |
| Write in French, get English at the cursor | Yes | Separate translation step |
| Typos fixed automatically as you type | Yes, in native Mac apps | No |
| Runs entirely on your Mac | Yes, with On-device | No |
Where it works
Mail, Messages, Notes, Slack, Notion, text boxes in Chrome and most other apps with a text field. Pages and Keynote work through the shortcut. It does not work inside Google Docs.
Questions
- Is the app in French?
- Yes. The Mac app and this website are in French, along with eight other languages, and the explanations follow the app's language.
- Does Grammarly work for French speakers?
- Grammarly now gives suggestions for French text too, but the explanations of its English suggestions stay short labels in English. WriteNative explains English suggestions in French and translates what you write in French into English.
- Is it free?
- Spelling and automatic typo fixes are free without an account; a free account adds 30 paragraph checks and 5 rewrites or translations a day. Pro is unlimited and starts with a 7-day free trial.
- Is my text stored?
- No. Cloud checks send only the paragraph you just finished, and nothing is kept or used for training. With the On-device plan your text never leaves your Mac.
Write English the way you mean it.
Free to download. Explanations in French from the first underline.