you ran it through a paraphraser. you edited it manually. you asked chatgpt to "make it sound more human." the detector still says 45% ai.

here's what you're probably missing.

you're fixing words but not structure

most people focus on changing words. swapping vocabulary. using a thesaurus. the text uses different words but the sentence structure — the actual thing detectors measure — stays identical.

five sentences of 18-22 words each. every paragraph is three sentences. every section starts with a topic sentence followed by supporting evidence. that's a structural fingerprint. changing "utilize" to "use" doesn't touch it.

fix: restructure, don't just rephrase. split sentences. combine them. vary paragraph length. make one paragraph a single sentence. make another one five sentences long.

you're keeping the ai opening

ai text almost always starts the same way. a broad statement about the topic. "in today's digital age..." "as technology continues to evolve..." "the importance of [topic] cannot be overstated..."

detectors weight the opening heavily. an ai-typical opening sets the tone for the whole analysis.

fix: delete the first paragraph entirely. start with a specific claim, a question, or a concrete example. jump into the middle of the thought.

you're using even transitions

"moreover." "furthermore." "additionally." "it's worth noting." ai uses these to connect paragraphs with mechanical precision.

fix: remove most transitions entirely. let the ideas connect naturally. if you need a connector, use "but," "and," or "so."

your paragraphs are all the same length

open your text in a word processor. look at the paragraph shapes. if they're all similar blocks of roughly equal size, that's an ai pattern. human writing has short paragraphs and long paragraphs mixed together.

fix: deliberately vary paragraph length. some paragraphs should be one sentence. others can be six.

you haven't added anything personal

detectors partially measure how "generic" text is. ai text is always generic — it describes concepts without grounding them in specific experience. there's no "i" in the text. no specific names, dates, places.

fix: add one specific, personal detail per section. it doesn't have to be long. just specific enough that only you would write it.

the nuclear option

if you've tried all of the above and the score is still high, run it through paraai's paraphrase. the fine-tuned models handle all of these patterns simultaneously — structure, rhythm, vocabulary, transitions. that's what they were trained to do.

untraceable ai writing addresses all the patterns at once. fixing them one by one manually works but it's slow and you'll miss some. the tool catches everything because it rewrites from the ground up.