The English writing assistant for people who think in Spanish.
Grammarly was made for native English writers. WriteNative is made for you: it explains every suggestion in Spanish, shows what each word means and how to say it, and turns what you write in Spanish into natural English, in any app on your Mac.
Explanations in Spanish, 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 Spanish: a missing subject, a preposition that does not match the verb, a word that looks right but means something else in English.
Each suggested word comes with its meaning in this sentence in Spanish ("actually" → en realidad) and its pronunciation, so you learn the word while you fix it.
The mistakes Spanish speakers make in English
Most of them come from Spanish itself, which is why a reason in Spanish helps more than a label in English. A few that come up again and again:
- False friends: "actually" is not "actualmente" (currently), "embarrassed" is not "embarazada", "eventually" is not "eventualmente", "assist" is not "asistir" (attend).
- A dropped subject: Spanish says "es importante", English needs "it is important".
- Prepositions copied from Spanish: "depend of" for "depend on", "married with" for "married to".
- Word order and agreement: "explain me" for "explain to me", "others things" for "other things", "the people is" for "the people are".
Write in Spanish, send English
Press ⌥ twice with nothing selected and write what you mean in Spanish. 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.
WriteNative and Grammarly for Spanish speakers
What changes when English is not your first language:
| WriteNative | Grammarly | |
|---|---|---|
| Reason for each suggestion | In Spanish | Short labels in English |
| Word meanings and pronunciation | In Spanish | No |
| Write in Spanish, 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 Spanish?
- Yes. The Mac app and this website are in Spanish, along with eight other languages.
- Does Grammarly work for Spanish speakers?
- Grammarly now gives suggestions for Spanish text, and it is good at English. Its explanations stay in English, though. WriteNative explains English suggestions in Spanish and translates what you write in Spanish into English.
- What is free and what is Pro?
- 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.
Write English the way you mean it.
Free to download. Explanations in Spanish from the first underline.