Zia's Plagiarism Checker in Zoho Writer

Check for plagiarism in Zoho Writer using Zia

Overview

Zoho Writer’s plagiarism checker, powered by Zia, helps you identify duplicate or similar content in your document. Zia compares your document against a large volume of publicly available web content and highlights matching sources.

You can view plagiarism percentage, detailed reports, and source-level matches to ensure your content is original and trustworthy.

Prerequisites

  • Plagiarism checker enabled by admin

  • Sufficient credit points to run plagiarism checks

Steps

How to enable plagiarism checker (Admin access required)

  1. Go to Admin Panel

  2. Navigate to Configuration > Plagiarism

  3. Click Activate

How to check plagiarism in a document

  1. Open your document

  2. Click the Zia icon in the top-right corner

  3. Scroll to the Plagiarism section

  4. Click Check

Note: You must re-run the check after making changes to your document.

How to generate and view the plagiarism report

  1. Open the Zia panel

  2. Go to Plagiarism

  3. Click Check

  4. View the plagiarism percentage (plagiarized vs unique content)

  5. Click View Report to open the detailed report


Note: Ensure you have enough credit points before running the check.

How to view and understand the plagiarism report

The detailed report includes the following components:

Plagiarism summary

  • Overall percentage of plagiarized content

  • List of matching sources

  • Number of matching sentences per source

Source-specific report
Each matching source is displayed as a separate card.

You can:

  • Click a source to view matching sentences

  • Use navigation arrows to browse matches

  • View color-coded highlights based on match percentage

  • Click Ignore to exclude a source from the report


Credit points consumption

Plagiarism checks consume credit points based on document length:

  • 1 credit = 10 sentences checked

  • Total credits depend on the number of sentences in your document

To view usage:

  • Open the Zia panel

  • Click the Report option (top-right corner)

You can purchase additional credit points when required.

Troubleshooting

1. Error/Symptom: Plagiarism check not working
Recommended solution:

  • Ensure the feature is enabled by admin

  • Check if you have sufficient credit points

2. Error/Symptom: Report not visible
Recommended solution:

  • Run the plagiarism check first

  • Then click View Report

3. Error/Symptom: Changes not reflected in report
Recommended solution:

  • Re-run plagiarism check after editing the document


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