Questions and answers
Is Imla free?
Yes. There is no account, no sign-in and no payment. The checker, the transliterator and every guide on the site are free to use.
Is my text stored?
No. Checking sends individual words to the server, never whole sentences or documents, and those words are not retained.
Opening a TXT, RTF or DOCX file happens entirely in your browser — the file is never uploaded.
Where is my personal dictionary stored?
The personal dictionary lives in your browser's localStorage and is never sent to the server.
That also means it does not follow you to another device, and clearing your browser data removes it.
Does it change words automatically?
No. Imla marks words that look wrong and offers ranked suggestions, but every replacement is your choice.
Even the fix-all action marks every word it changed with a dotted green underline and keeps a one-step undo.
What if a correct word is flagged?
The dictionary holds over 441,000 words, but personal names, place names and new technical terms will not all be in it.
Add such a word to your personal dictionary and it will not be flagged again.
Does it check grammar?
No. Imla is a spelling checker: it evaluates each word on its own.
A correctly spelled word used in the wrong place in a sentence will therefore not be flagged.
Can it check Uyghur written in the Latin script?
The checker works on the Arabic script only. If your text is in Latin, convert it with the transliteration tool first.
Does it work offline?
Spell checking needs a connection, because the dictionary index is served from the server.
The transliterator, file opening and the personal dictionary all keep working without one.
Something not answered here?
If the checker gets a word wrong, or a word that belongs in the dictionary is missing, say so through any of the links in the footer.