# Terminology & Glossary Consistency Auditor Audit a document against a glossary/forbidden list for variants, case, abbreviation first-use, and optional AI contextual misuse > Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/terminology-glossary-consistency-auditor - **Category:** Text Processing - **Keywords:** terminology, glossary, consistency, forbidden words, abbreviation, proofreading, translation qa, style ## Overview Local-first terminology QA. Checks forbidden words, preferred-form variants, glossary canonical terms, case consistency, and abbreviation first-use expansion deterministically. Optionally enables AI (deepseek-v4-flash) to catch contextual misuse the rules cannot. AI is opt-in and degrades to local-only on failure. ## Inputs - **Document text** (textarea): Paste the document to audit… - **Glossary / allowed terms** (textarea): canonical = variant1, variant2 (one entry per line) - **Forbidden words (one per line)** (textarea): very utilize - **Term pairs (preferred=variant,variant; …)** (text): use=utilize,utilise;color=colour - **Check abbreviations** (checkbox) - **Use AI (deepseek-v4-flash)** (checkbox) ## When to use - Review technical, product, or editorial text for forbidden words and inconsistent terminology. - Check documents against a glossary before publication or translation delivery. - Verify that abbreviations are expanded on first use and preferred terms are applied consistently. ## How it works - Paste the document text into the required Document text field. - Optionally add glossary entries, forbidden words, and preferred-term pairs. - Enable abbreviation checks or optional AI review as needed. - Run the audit to receive an HTML revision table with findings and line references. ## Use cases - Technical writers can enforce product terminology and remove discouraged wording before publishing documentation. - Translation and localization teams can compare source text with glossary terms and identify variant usage. - Editors can check abbreviation expansion, case consistency, and forbidden words across a document. ## Frequently asked questions ### What text can I audit? Paste the document directly into the Document text field. ### How do I define glossary terms? Enter one term per line using the format canonical = variant1, variant2. ### How do I add forbidden words? Enter one forbidden word or phrase per line. ### Can the tool check abbreviations? Yes. Enable Check abbreviations to review whether abbreviations are expanded on first use. ### What does the AI option do? Optional AI review uses deepseek-v4-flash to detect contextual misuse. If it fails, the tool returns local-only results. ## Related tools - [Twitter / X Thread Splitter](https://elysiatools.com/en/tools/twitter-thread-splitter): Paste a long text and split it into a numbered X thread that respects the 280-character limit. 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