Grammarly Now Corrects Spanish & French Grammar
▼ Summary
– Grammarly is expanding its AI-powered grammar and writing assistance from English to five new languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian.
– The app now offers sentence and paragraph rewrites for tone and clarity, plus translation between six core languages and 19 others within the tool.
– The company is broadening its focus to become an AI productivity app, evidenced by its acquisition of Superhuman and launch of AI agents for students and educators.
– Grammarly’s software uses a combination of open-source large language models fine-tuned by linguists and hosted on its own secure infrastructure, with user data used for training unless opted out.
– The expansion was tested with about a million beta users, where native speakers of the new languages accepted suggestions at rates similar to English users.
For over a decade and a half, Grammarly has been the go-to tool for refining English writing, built meticulously by linguists to mirror natural language patterns. Now, the platform is taking a significant leap forward, integrating artificial intelligence to expand its grammar and style corrections into five additional languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, and Italian. This move directly addresses what the company identifies as the most frequent user request since its inception.
Beyond simple spell-checking, Grammarly’s enhanced capabilities rephrase sentences and entire paragraphs to sound more natural and improve clarity across all six supported languages. Users can also access translation features between these core languages and 19 others without switching to external tools, creating a more seamless multilingual writing experience.
The push into non-English language support arrives amid growing competition. Tech giants like Google and Apple are also broadening their AI-driven language tools, from search enhancements to real-time translation in hardware. Grammarly’s expansion reflects a strategic shift toward becoming a comprehensive AI productivity platform, underscored by recent acquisitions and the introduction of specialized AI agents for education.
From its earliest days, Grammarly has relied on machine learning, though the integration of large language models only began in 2023. The company uses open-source LLMs that are carefully refined by in-house linguists. According to Grammarly, the expansion did not require proportionally larger linguistics teams, thanks to efficient internal feedback systems and tightly controlled training protocols.
During beta testing with approximately one million users, native speakers of the new languages accepted Grammarly’s suggestions at rates comparable to English users. Many were surprised to see the tool’s signature red underlines appear in their native tongue, a sign of the software’s growing adaptability.
For advanced functionalities, Grammarly incorporates third-party models from providers like OpenAI, though these external systems do not train on user data. Grammarly’s own models, however, do learn from user inputs unless individuals or organizations opt out. Enterprise and education clients have data training disabled by default.
While future language additions remain under wraps, Grammarly has noted interest from customer support sectors, particularly in regions with large offshore call centers, suggesting that further linguistic expansion may be on the horizon.
(Source: The Verge)
