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How to read your human score

What the 0–100 score means, what it doesn't, and how each result band should change what you do next.

Updated Oct 3, 20262 min read

Every scan returns a human score from 0 to 100. It is our confidence that a person wrote the text. It is not the share of the text that a person wrote.

The three result bands

Human score bands
ScoreResultWhat it usually means
60–100Likely human-writtenThe writing has the uneven rhythm and specific detail people produce. A few highlighted sentences are normal.
35–59Mix of AI and humanSome passages read as human and some as AI. Common when a draft was edited, paraphrased or extended with an assistant.
0–34Likely AI-generatedMost sentences match patterns we see in model output. Review the highlights before drawing any conclusion.

Look at the highlights, not just the number

The score sums up the whole document. The sentence highlights show where the signal comes from. A mid-range score driven by one highlighted paragraph tells a very different story from the same score spread evenly across the text.

When to be more careful

  • Short text: under about 150 words, scores swing more. Treat them as a hint.
  • Formulaic writing: lab reports, legal clauses and product descriptions follow templates that can look machine-like. See why human writing can be flagged.
  • Heavily edited text: grammar tools and rewording apps make human writing more uniform.

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