Email Spam Checker

Paste your email copy and scan it for the content signals spam filters penalize: trigger words and phrases, shouting caps, exclamation overload and link-heavy text.

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What this email spam checker does

Before a campaign or an important cold email goes out, it is worth scanning the copy the way a spam filter would. This checker scores the content signals filters weigh: a dictionary of several dozen trigger phrases, the ratio of capital letters, exclamation-mark density, the balance of links to real text, and thin-content patterns. Everything is analyzed live in your browser — your draft is never uploaded.

The score is deliberately conservative: passing here does not promise the inbox, but failing here means you are handing filters easy reasons to be suspicious.

How to check your email for spam signals

  1. Paste the email body into the box.
  2. Review each finding — errors are strong signals, warnings are cumulative ones.
  3. Rewrite flagged phrases in plainer language and rebalance links vs. text.
  4. Re-check until the score sits comfortably above 80.

Fixing flagged copy without losing the message

Most trigger phrases have neutral equivalents: “free” becomes “at no charge”, “act now” becomes a specific deadline, “click here” becomes a descriptive link like “see the March pricing”. Specific, concrete language both reads better and scores better. Don’t forget the subject line — test it separately with the Email Subject Line Tester.

Frequently asked questions

Does this checker guarantee my email won't go to spam?

No tool can. Deliverability depends on sender reputation, authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), list quality and engagement history — content is one factor among several. What this checker does is eliminate the content-level red flags that add avoidable risk.

What are spam trigger words?

Words and phrases that appear far more often in junk mail than legitimate mail — 'act now', 'risk-free', '100% free', 'no credit check'. Filters learned these patterns from billions of messages. One occurrence rarely matters; clusters of them do.

Why does the link-to-text ratio matter?

Spam campaigns are usually thin: a sentence or two wrapped around links. Filters therefore penalize messages where links dominate the content. A healthy business email has substantially more real text than links.

What matters more than the words I use?

Authentication and reputation. Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC on your sending domain, send to people who opted in, remove unengaged addresses, and keep complaint rates low. With those in place, normal marketing language is rarely a problem.