Antidote 12 Features

Corrector

Main Features

More than 16,000 targeted errors

Grammar, spelling, typography and style

Smart suggestions for reworking your writing  With Antidote+

  • Two modes: Correction and Reformulation With Antidote+
  • Language, typography and style corrector
  • Confused words: there/their/they’re, its/it’s, whose/who’s, etc.
  • Meaning errors: *meat your friends, *air to the throne, etc.
  • Style: repetition, nested phrases and more
  • Typography of spaces, numbers, addresses and more
  • Punctuation: excessive or missing commas, etc.
  • Abrasive tone detection
  • Ultrafast correction of the entire text field
  • Direct correction in the original document
  • Batch correction of identical errors
  • One-click correction of all typographical errors
  • Multi-document correction automatically handles all plain text, HTML, Markdown and LaTeX files in a folder
  • Clear flagging of errors
  • List of detections to see everything at a glance
  • Clear, graded explanations
  • Context-based links to guides
  • Context-based access to dictionaries
  • Smart filters: repeat sentences and introductory expressions, complex tenses, ambiguous antecedents, etc.
  • Revision filters: logic, semantics, pragmatics
  • Statistical filters: words, phrases, frequencies and more
  • Inspection filters: subjects, verbs, complements and more
  • Detailed sentence analysis
  • American, British and Canadian English
  • Foreign-language detection
  • Custom rules (alerts and corrections)
  • Nearly 180 settings: language, typography, style, interface, etc.
  • Fully printable results

Dictionaries

Main Features

172,000 words and expressions, including 32,000 proper nouns

1,770,000 synonyms, hyponyms and hyperonyms

865,000 word combinations with real-life examples

  • 130,000 antonyms
  • 9700 verbs with all conjugated forms
  • Semantic fields of 96,000 entries, with interactive cloud
  • Rhymes include multi-word expressions
  • Etymology for 131,000 words and expressions
  • Etymological notes for 120 enigmatic expressions
  • 18,000 families
  • Phonetic transcription in both API and Respelling
  • Audio pronunciation of all words, inflections, conjugations, rhymes and expressions, with two accents  With Antidote+
  • 462,000 quotations
  • Detailed entries for expressions, idioms, phrasal verbs and proverbs
  • Etymological notes for enigmatic expressions
  • Plural, conjugated, comparative and superlative forms
  • Frequency of each word
  • Region- or country-specific expressions and trademarks
  • Search with wildcards
  • Search as you type
  • Search for rhymes, near-rhymes and multi-word rhymes, sorted by degree
  • Search for anagrams, with blank letters
  • Multiword search, for finding connections between words
  • Advanced search by criteria
  • Discover towns, countries, historical figures, expressions, rare words and recent additions to the dictionaries
  • Integrated Wikipedia access
  • Smart links to Termium and web search engines
  • Option to add links to other web resources
  • Context-based links to guides
  • Easy addition of new words
  • Lists of favourite words
  • Full hypertext navigation
  • Parental controls
  • Adjustable font sizes
  • Easy addition of new words
  • Multiple personal dictionaries
  • Fully printable content

Guides

Main Features

572 clear and precise articles

Lexicon

Grammar

  • Spelling
  • Lexicon
  • Grammar
  • Syntax
  • Punctuation
  • Style
  • Business Writing
  • Typography
  • Phonetics
  • History of the English language
  • Language Matters
  • Examples and tips
  • Fast lookup by topic
  • Lists of favourite articles
  • Instant search for articles
  • Specific references from the corrector and dictionaries
  • Full hypertext navigation
  • Fully printable content