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Parts of Speech#

Parts of Speech (POS) highlighting colours words by their grammatical function — nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and more. This helps you see the structure of your writing and identify patterns like overuse of adverbs or passive constructions.

Enabling POS#

macOS — Open the Edit menu, then the Parts of Speech submenu. Toggle Enabled to turn on POS highlighting for the current window.

iOS — Tap the ellipsis menu (...) in the editor toolbar to find the Parts of Speech toggles.

Customising Colours#

Each part of speech can be individually enabled or disabled:

  • Nouns
  • Verbs
  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Pronouns
  • Determiners
  • Prepositions
  • Conjunctions
  • Interjections
  • Other word classes

Use Clear All to reset all POS highlights.

How It Works#

POS analysis uses Apple's natural language processing framework (NLTagger). It runs on the visible text and updates as you type. The analysis is performed per-paragraph for efficiency.

Per-Window (macOS)#

POS highlighting is per-window, like Focus Mode. If you open the same note in two windows, each can have different POS settings.