APA Format Checker
Get AI suggestions on APA 7th citation text, reference entries, and visible text structure.
APA 7th Edition Format Checker
Review citation and reference text for common APA 7th issues. Get AI suggestions to check before applying them to your paper.
APA In-text Citation and Reference List Checker
In-text Citation Scanner
AI can suggest changes to author-date citations, author names, reference-entry order, and DOI or URL formatting in the text you provide. Review each suggestion against your sources; the report may miss issues or suggest changes that are not needed.
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Review the Structure Visible in Your Text
Text-Based Structure Review
Get suggestions for headings, section order, and title-page text that appear in your input. Pasted text and DOCX text extraction do not preserve page margins, line spacing, italics, or hanging indents. Check those settings in your original document.
Check Paper Structure
Check In-Text Citations and Your Reference List
Before you submit, review your in-text citations and reference entries for common APA 7th text-formatting issues.
The checker uses the text you paste or extract from a DOCX or TXT file to generate an AI review. It can suggest changes to citation wording, reference-entry text, and visible section structure.
Use the review to check:
- Author-date citation forms and other citation details visible in your text
- Reference-entry text, including author names, entry order, and DOI or URL formatting
- Visible headings, section order, and title-page text; check actual document layout in your editor
The tool receives plain text, so it cannot verify the original document's page margins, line spacing, italics, or hanging indents. It also does not provide a complete one-to-one check that every citation has a reference entry and every reference is cited.
You receive a report with suggestions and may also receive a corrected text version. The tool does not edit your original file. Review the output, check it against your sources, and apply any changes yourself.
How to Use the APA Format Checker
Use AI suggestions to guide your APA text review, then check the original document before submitting.
Paste Text or Upload a Document
Step 1
Paste your paper or reference list, or upload a DOCX or TXT file. The checker reads the text, without the original document layout.
Select What to Check
Step 2
Choose citations, reference entries, or visible text structure. Enable correction suggestions if you want them.
Get Your Report
Step 3
Review the report and any corrected text returned. Check source details and document layout yourself before applying changes.
Why Use Our APA Format Checker?
Use AI feedback alongside your sources and a final document review
Review APA Details Before Submission
Use suggested changes as a starting point for reviewing citation and reference text.
- Suggestions for common citation forms
- Reference-entry text to review
- Correction suggestions you can check
Focus Your Manual Review
Use the report to identify text worth reviewing. Keep your original document and source details open while you check the suggestions.
- Feedback based on the text you provide
- Issue context and line references when returned
- Copy or download the report
Learn APA Rules as You Go
Each flagged issue includes an explanation so you understand why a change is needed.
- Clear explanations for each error
- Improve your future formatting
- Build confidence in APA 7th edition
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See how academics use our APA checker to catch formatting errors before submission.
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University Professor
The APA checker caught 12 citation errors in one of my graduate students papers. It saves me hours of formatting review each semester.
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APA Format Checker FAQs
Common questions about checking APA 7th edition compliance
AI can flag common author-date citation forms, reference-entry text, and DOI or URL formatting to review. It may miss errors or suggest unnecessary changes, so check each suggestion against your sources and APA requirements.
APA 7th edition. This is the current standard used by most universities, journals, and academic publishers.
It can suggest changes to citation and reference-entry text, plus headings and section structure visible in your input. It cannot verify the original document's page margins, line spacing, italics, or hanging indents from plain text. Review those settings in your document editor.
The tool returns a report with suggestions and may include a corrected text version. It does not modify the original file. Review any proposed text and apply the changes you accept in your document.
Yes, your paper is used only to generate the APA check report. We do not store or share your content.
AI may flag citation or reference-entry inconsistencies in the supplied text. Do not treat the report as a complete one-to-one match of every citation to every reference entry; review that correspondence yourself.
No. The review focuses on citation forms, reference-entry text, and visible text structure. Check for sources missing from the reference list and entries that are never cited yourself.
AI can suggest changes to common author-date formatting in citations and reference entries. It may miss problems or make incorrect suggestions. Verify names, years, and source details against the original sources.