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A test on 73 official responses</h1><p class="blog-article-dek">In our July 2026 comparison, IELTS Writing Checker was closest to the official score across every reported task and source group.</p><div class="blog-hero-visual"><img src="/blog/ielts-writing-checker-accuracy-study-hero-4-way.webp" alt="An essay page beside four measuring blocks, with the teal block aligned to a target." width="1898" height="829" loading="eager" fetchPriority="high" decoding="async"/></div><div class="blog-hero-result" aria-label="Closest to the official score in this four-way comparison"><div class="blog-hero-primary-metric"><strong>0.49</strong><span>MAE</span></div><div class="blog-hero-supporting-metrics"><div><strong>73</strong><span>official responses</span></div><div><strong>78.1%</strong><span>within 0.5</span></div><div><strong>89.0%</strong><span>within 1.0</span></div></div></div></header><div class="blog-article-layout"><aside class="blog-article-toc" aria-label="How we compared the four scoring options"><span>Accuracy study</span><a href="#result">01 <!-- -->The result</a><a href="#comparison">02 <!-- -->Overall accuracy comparison</a><a href="#tasks">03 <!-- -->Closer on Task 1 and Task 2</a><a href="#sources">04 <!-- -->The same result across three official sources</a><a href="#coverage">05 <!-- -->Where did the 73 official responses come from?</a><a href="#method">06 <!-- -->How we compared the four scoring options</a><a href="#references">07 <!-- -->Official references</a></aside><div class="blog-article-body"><section class="blog-article-section blog-result-section" id="result" aria-labelledby="result-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><span class="blog-eyebrow">The result</span><h2 id="result-title">
16Closest to the official score in this four-way comparison</h2></div><p>For practice, the useful question is not whether a scorer occasionally lands on the right number, but how close it stays to official scoring overall. On the same 73 officially scored responses, IELTS Writing Checker had the lowest average error: 0.49 bands, versus 0.86 for ChatGPT, 0.90 for Engnovate, and 1.62 for Writing9.</p><p>Put more simply, 78.1% of our scores were within 0.5 bands of the official result and 89.0% were within one band. IELTS Writing Checker also had the lowest error in every task and source group shown below.</p></section><section class="blog-article-section" id="comparison" aria-labelledby="comparison-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="comparison-title">Overall accuracy comparison</h2></div><p>These measures show both the average distance from the official score and how often a score stayed inside a practical 0.5- or 1-band range.</p><div class="benchmark-comparison-grid"><figure class="benchmark-figure benchmark-mae-figure"><figcaption><span>Average distance from the official score</span><strong>Lower is better<!-- --> â</strong></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:24.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.49</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:43%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.86</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:45%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.90</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:81%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.62</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-figure benchmark-accuracy-figure"><figcaption><span>within 0.5</span><strong>Higher is better<!-- --> â</strong></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:78.1%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>78.1%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:47.9%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>47.9%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:38.4%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>38.4%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:24.7%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>24.7%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-figure benchmark-accuracy-figure"><figcaption><span>within 1.0</span><strong>Higher is better<!-- --> â</strong></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:89%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>89.0%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:76.7%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>76.7%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:78.1%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>78.1%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:41.1%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>41.1%</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure></div><div class="benchmark-metric-guide"><div><strong>MAE</strong><p>The average distance between a product score and the official score. Lower is better.</p></div><div><strong>within 0.5</strong><p>The share of scores no more than 0.5 bands away from the official score. Higher is better.</p></div><div><strong>within 1.0</strong><p>The share of scores no more than one band away from the official score. Higher is better.</p></div></div></section><section class="blog-article-section" id="tasks" aria-labelledby="tasks-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="tasks-title">Closer on Task 1 and Task 2</h2></div><p>Task 2 was the hardest group for the four scoring options. Even so, IELTS Writing Checker had the lowest average error in Academic Task 1, General Training Task 1, and Task 2.</p><div class="benchmark-breakdown-chart"><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="Academic Task 1, n=25, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>Academic Task 1</strong><span>n=25<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:18%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.36</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:41%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.82</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:36%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.72</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:73%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.46</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="General Training Task 1, n=14, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>General Training Task 1</strong><span>n=14<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:21.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.43</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:37.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.75</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:43%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.86</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:73%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.46</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="Task 2, n=34, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>Task 2</strong><span>n=34<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:30%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.60</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:47%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.94</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:52%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.04</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:89.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.79</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure></div></section><section class="blog-article-section" id="sources" aria-labelledby="sources-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="sources-title">The same result across three official sources</h2></div><p>We repeated the comparison separately for IELTS website samples, Official IELTS Practice Materials, and Cambridge IELTS 18â20. IELTS Writing Checker was closest in all three groups.
16</p><div class="benchmark-breakdown-chart"><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="IELTS website samples, n=27, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>IELTS website samples</strong><span>n=27<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:33.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.67</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:53.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.07</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:56.49999999999999%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.13</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:100%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>2.00</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="Official IELTS Practice Materials, n=20, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>Official IELTS Practice Materials</strong><span>n=20<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:19%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.38</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:28.999999999999996%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.58</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:34%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.68</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:59%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.18</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure><figure class="benchmark-breakdown-group" aria-label="Cambridge IELTS 18â20, n=26, Lower is better"><figcaption><strong>Cambridge IELTS 18â20</strong><span>n=26<!-- --> · <!-- -->Lower is better<!-- --> â</span></figcaption><div class="benchmark-column-chart"><div class="benchmark-column-item is-featured" style="--benchmark-column-height:19%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.38</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">IELTS Writing Checker</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:43.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.87</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">ChatGPT</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:41.5%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>0.83</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Engnovate</span></div><div class="benchmark-column-item " style="--benchmark-column-height:78%"><div class="benchmark-column-plot"><strong>1.56</strong><span class="benchmark-column-mark" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><span class="benchmark-column-label">Writing9</span></div></div></figure></div></section><section class="blog-article-section" id="coverage" aria-labelledby="coverage-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="coverage-title">Where did the 73 official responses come from?</h2></div><div class="benchmark-source-strip" aria-label="Where did the 73 official responses come from?"><div style="--source-share:36.986301369863014%"><strong>27</strong><span>IELTS website samples</span></div><div style="--source-share:27.397260273972602%"><strong>20</strong><span>Official IELTS Practice Materials</span></div><div style="--source-share:35.61643835616438%"><strong>26</strong><span>Cambridge IELTS 18â20</span></div></div><p>As of July 2026, we found 73 official responses that could be fully checked against the current IELTS Writing criteria. Each needed a complete task, a complete response, and a verifiable numeric overall score. Duplicate publications and model answers without a score were not counted. Under that rule, 73 is the complete set we could locateânot a sample selected from a larger eligible pool.</p><p>The Cambridge series has many older books, but IELTS introduced its revised Writing scales in May 2023. Cambridge IELTS 18 was published in July 2023, making it the first volume released after that change. We therefore used books 18, 19, and 20 so this comparison reflects the scoring framework candidates use today. Earlier books remain useful practice material.</p><p>The 73 responses comprise 27 IELTS website samples, 20 from Official IELTS Practice Materials 1 and 2, and 26 from Cambridge IELTS 18â20.</p></section><section id="method" class="blog-article-section" aria-labelledby="blog-method-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="blog-method-title">How we compared the four scoring options</h2></div><div class="blog-method-panel"><div class="blog-method-panel-row"><h3>Test method</h3><ol class="blog-method-list"><li>The same 73 tasks and responses were submitted to all four scoring options. The official score was hidden until each result had been returned.</li><li>Academic Task 1 charts were attached wherever a product supported image upload. Writing9 does not accept images, so every chart-based Academic Task 1 response was scored there without the original chart image.</li><li>Every response was counted in the same way. We then compared each displayed overall score with the official score and calculated the three measures above.</li><li>The lowest score Writing9 displays is â<4â. For calculation, those results were treated as 3.5.</li></ol></div><aside id="limits" class="blog-method-panel-row blog-study-note" aria-labelledby="blog-study-note-title"><h3 id="blog-study-note-title">Test scope</h3><div><p>This comparison uses public official responses. It shows how closely each scoring option followed the official scale on this collection; it cannot guarantee the same error for every new essay.</p><p>The official sources provide an overall writing-task score, not four official criterion scores, so the comparison is about overall scores.</p><p>Note: âChatGPTâ means the default fast-response version available to ordinary users in July. Every test included the complete task and response and used the same scoring request; results may change after product updates.</p></div></aside></div></section><section class="blog-article-section blog-sources-section" id="references" aria-labelledby="references-title"><div class="blog-section-heading"><h2 id="references-title">Official references</h2></div><p>Start with our readable guides to the scoring criteria and the official sample collection used in this study. The original publications remain linked below.</p><div class="blog-resource-links"><a class="blog-resource-link" href="/blog/is-chatgpt-accurate-for-ielts-writing"><span><strong>ChatGPT IELTS Writing accuracy test</strong><small>See the prompt, scoring bias, and user-focused takeaways from the 73-response ChatGPT test.</small></span><b aria-hidden="true">â</b></a><a class="blog-resource-link" href="/ielts-writing-band-descriptors"><span><strong>IELTS Writing score descriptors</strong><small>See how the four criteria and official score levels are defined.</small></span><b aria-hidden="true">â</b></a><a class="blog-resource-link" href="/official-ielts-writing-samples"><span><strong>Official scored writing samples</strong><small>Browse the official response collection behind this benchmark.</small></span><b aria-hidden="true">â</b></a></div><div class="blog-source-originals"><span>Original publications</span><ul><li><a href="https://ielts.org/researchers/our-research/research-reports/ielts-writing-scales-review-and-update-summary-overview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IELTS Writing scales review and May 2023 implementation</a></li><li><a href="https://ielts.org/organisations/ielts-for-organisations/understanding-ielts-scoring/resources-for-setting-your-ielts-scores" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Official IELTS scored writing resources</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/cambridgeenglish/catalog/cambridge-english-exams-ielts/ielts-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cambridge IELTS 18</a></li><li><a href="https://shop.cambridge.org/english/product/2700241558" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cambridge IELTS 19</a></li><li><a href="https://shop.cambridge.org/english/product/2700250101" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cambridge IELTS 20</a></li></ul></div></section></div></div><aside class="blog-article-cta" aria-labelledby="blog-article-cta-title"><span class="blog-eyebrow">Try it on your own writing</span><h2 id="blog-article-cta-title">Get a score you can useâand feedback that helps you improve it</h2><p>Paste an IELTS Writing Task 1 or Task 2 response to receive an estimated score, criterion feedback, and sentence-level corrections.
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