Cliché Finder

Find clichés, dead metaphors and stock transitions, with each one marked in place. Free, no sign-up.

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The tell dictionary covers the phrases that cluster in machine-written prose: in today's fast-paced world, it is important to note, serves as a testament to, navigate the complexities of, plays a crucial role in, and their many relatives. Each is marked in place with its category.

The reason these matter more than they look: a model reaches for them because they are the highest-probability continuation, which is the same reason they read as dead. Cutting them raises perplexity and improves the prose at the same time, one of the few changes that helps on both fronts.

FAQ

Dead metaphors, stock transitions, filler openers and empty intensifiers, phrases that occupy space without carrying meaning.

It helps, and it is the single highest-value edit available. It will not fix flat sentence rhythm, which is usually the bigger signal.

No. Some are load-bearing and clear. The ones flagged here are the ones that could be cut with nothing lost.

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