Passive Voice Checker – Free Online Passive Voice Detector
About the Passive Voice Checker
The Passive Voice Checker scans your text sentence by sentence and flags every instance of passive voice, then highlights those sentences directly in your writing. You’ll also get a quick stats summary showing your total sentence count, how many are passive, and your overall passive voice percentage.
It supports eight English and European language variants, including English (US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand), French, German, and Dutch. Passive voice isn’t always wrong, but reducing it often makes writing more direct, so pairing this checker with the Grammar Checker and Proofreading Tool gives you a fuller picture of your writing style before publishing.
The BigToolSite Team tested this checker across all eight supported languages, mixed active and passive sentence structures, and longer multi-paragraph text to confirm the passive rate and highlighted sentences stay accurate.
How to Use the Passive Voice Checker
- Select your Language from the dropdown (English variants, French, German, or Dutch).
- Paste or type your text into the input box.
- Watch the live word counter to stay within the per-check word limit.
- Click Check Passive Voice to scan your text.
- Review your Passive Sentences, Total Sentences, and Passive Rate stats, along with each flagged sentence and its explanation.
- Use Copy or Download to save your original text for reference while you revise.
Example Usage
Input: “The report was written by the team. Mistakes were found during the review.”
Output: Both sentences are flagged as passive, with the checker noting the subject is being acted upon rather than performing the action, for a passive rate of 100% across 2 total sentences.
Rewriting these as “The team wrote the report” and “The review found mistakes” shifts the focus to the subject performing the action, which usually reads as more direct and engaging.
Frequently Asked Questions
No, passive voice is grammatically correct and sometimes appropriate, such as when the actor is unknown or unimportant, but overusing it can make writing feel less direct.
It’s calculated as the number of passive sentences divided by the total number of sentences in your text, expressed as a percentage.
Yes, each check has a maximum word count, shown as a live counter above the input box, and a limited number of checks are available per day per visitor.
It supports English (US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand), French, German, and Dutch.
No, your text is processed only to generate results and is not stored after your session ends.
