The English writing assistant for people who think in Korean.
Grammarly was made for native English writers. WriteNative is made for you: it explains every suggestion in Korean, shows what each word means and how to say it, and turns what you write in Korean into natural English, in any app on your Mac.
Explanations in Korean, 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 Korean: a missing article, a tense that does not match, a phrase that is natural in Korean but odd in English.
Each suggested word comes with its meaning in this sentence in Korean ("received" → 받은) and its pronunciation, so you learn the word while you fix it.
Write in Korean, send English
Press ⌥ twice with nothing selected and write what you mean in Korean. 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 Korean speakers often make in English
Korean has no articles, does not need to mark plurals, and puts politeness in verb endings. That leaves a familiar set of mistakes in English. The WriteNative card fixes them and says why, in Korean.
- Articles: "I have meeting tomorrow" → "I have a meeting tomorrow". The card explains when a and the are needed.
- Plurals and uncountable nouns: "two report" → "two reports", "many informations" → "a lot of information".
- Tense: "I already send it yesterday" → "I already sent it yesterday".
- Konglish: a 노트북 is a "laptop", a 핸드폰 a "phone", and 파이팅 is "good luck" to an English reader.
- Politeness in email: English has no polite verb endings, so "Send me the file." reads as an order. The WriteNative button flags a message that reads blunt and offers a softer version such as "Could you send me the file?".
| WriteNative | Grammarly | |
|---|---|---|
| Reason for each suggestion | In Korean | Short labels in English |
| Word meanings and pronunciation | In Korean | No |
| Write in Korean, 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, Keynote and terminals work through the shortcut. It does not work inside Google Docs.
Questions
- Is the app in Korean?
- Yes. The Mac app and this website are in Korean, along with eight other languages.
- Does Grammarly work for Korean speakers?
- Grammarly now gives suggestions for Korean text, but its explanations of English suggestions are short labels in English. WriteNative explains English suggestions in Korean and turns what you write in Korean 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 what I write stored?
- No. Cloud checks send only the paragraph you just wrote, and nothing is kept or used for training. With the On-device plan nothing leaves your Mac.
Write English the way you mean it.
Free to download. Explanations in Korean from the first underline.