Detect Language in Google Sheets & Excel — =VERVE("textlanguage", "Bonjour, comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?")

What this pulls

Identify text language by the row. =VERVE("textlanguage", A2) returns the language name and ISO code down a column — Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 1 credit per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

textlanguage.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("textlanguage", A2, "language")

Text

Language

Iso

Ceci est un exemple de texte. Il peut détecter la langue

french

click any cell to see its formula1 credit / cell

Ways to use it

Clean a column of text

Fill =VERVE("textlanguage", "Bonjour, comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?") beside messy text and get the normalized, analyzed, or translated version back — data cleaning without leaving the grid.

Analyze at scale

Score or classify a whole column of responses, reviews, or messages in one fill instead of one-by-one.

Compose with other formulas

Nest Detect Language's output inside your existing SUM, IF, or CONCAT logic like any other cell value.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("textlanguage", "Ceci est un exemple de texte. Il peut détecter la langue")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("textlanguage", "Ceci est un exemple de texte. Il peut détecter la langue")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Language
=VERVE("textlanguage", "Ceci est un exemple de texte. Il peut détecter la langue", "field", "language")
Iso
=VERVE("textlanguage", "Ceci est un exemple de texte. Il peut détecter la langue", "field", "iso")

Detect Language, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Detect Language into a spreadsheet?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in with your key, and type =VERVE("textlanguage", "Bonjour, comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?") into any cell. The same function works in Google Sheets and Excel — no scripts, no API wiring.

How many credits does each Detect Language cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 1 credit. Filling a column of ten rows costs ten times that; a cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a static sheet doesn't keep charging.

Can I fill a whole column at once?

Yes. Reference a range instead of a single cell — e.g. point Detect Language at A2:A50 — and it returns a value for every row in one call, or just drag =VERVE("textlanguage", "Bonjour, comment allez-vous aujourd'hui?") down like any spreadsheet function.

Does Detect Language work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes. It's the same =VERVE() function with the same arguments and the same key in both — build a sheet in one and it behaves identically in the other.

How current is the data?

Detect Language is served live from APIVerve's production data engine, and cells recalculate on the refresh cadence you choose — every open, hourly, or every 30 minutes.

Where does the data come from, and what shows on my bill?

VerveSheets runs on APIVerve, our production data engine; Detect Language is one of 300+ sources on the same key. Invoices and card statements show APIVERVE.

Detect Language

Clean a column of text

Analyze at scale

Compose with other formulas

Detect Language, answered

Put Detect Language in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

Scaling up?