Readability checker.Write so everyone gets it on the first read.

Paste your English text. You get the Flesch Reading Ease score and five grade-level formulas, then the long sentences and hard words that pull the score down.

Counts update as you type.
Reading ease
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Grade level
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Words per sentence
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Syllables
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What the scores mean

90 to 100
Very easy: short sentences and words a 10-year-old reads easily.
60 to 70
Plain English: what most web writing should aim for.
30 to 50
Hard: academic and legal writing. Fine for experts, slow for everyone else.
Grade level
The US school year a reader needs to follow the text on first reading. Grade 8 suits most readers.

How to make text easier

Split long sentences
One idea per sentence. Most sentences over 25 words read better as two.
Choose short words
“Use” for “utilize”, “help” for “facilitate”. Keep the precise terms your readers expect.
Lead with the answer
Put the point first and the detail after. Readers and AI answers both pick up the opening line.
Break up the page
Headings, short paragraphs and lists make the same words easier to scan.

Questions

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60 to 70 for most web pages, which is plain English that a 13 to 15-year-old reads easily. Higher is fine for broad audiences.

Google does not use a readability score for ranking, but clear writing keeps visitors reading and makes it easier for AI answers to quote you.

By groups of vowels in each word, with corrections for silent endings such as a final “e”. Automatic counts can be off by one for unusual words.

No. These formulas were built for English; other languages have their own.

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