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free readability calculator score sentence highlighter skip to content r check tools score compare benchmarks formulas guide articles site embed about privacy theme sienna emerald indigo cobalt slate plum paste a draft see what to rewrite target reader general public middle school legal compliance technical professional academic children k 6 ️ demo text loaded start typing or paste to score your own your text load sample text fetch a url fetch cancel 0 words 0 sentences 0 min read undo paste clear scores sentence breakdown and fixes will appear here once you paste words sentences complex words reading time sentence length distribution words per sentence paste text to see the distribution consensus grade paste text to see your grade sentences to fix paste text to flag sentences annotated text click a sentence for specific fixes paste or type above analysis updates live fix this sentence specific suggestions for the selected sentence click any sentence above to see specific fix suggestions six readability formulas averaged into your consensus grade flesch reading ease 0 100 higher is easier flesch kincaid us grade level gunning fog years of education smog us grade level coleman liau us grade level automated readability us grade level on this page what is readability scoring which formula to use what s a good score how this calculator works faq what is readability scoring readability scoring estimates how hard a passage of text is to read by combining two simple ideas longer sentences are harder to follow and longer words are harder to decode the output is a us school grade a score of 8 means a typical 8th grader can read your text comfortably lower means easier higher means harder no single formula is definitive this calculator shows six standard formulas at once flesch reading ease flesch kincaid gunning fog smog coleman liau and the automated readability index and averages them into a consensus grade outliers between formulas tell you what kind of edit will move your score the most a gunning fog spike means jargon a smog spike means complex word density a flesch kincaid jump alone means sentence length which readability formula should i use formula best for flesch kincaid grade level general web content government plain language work the de facto default flesch reading ease yoast seo scoring marketing copy uses a 0 100 scale where higher means easier gunning fog index business and policy writing jargon heavy text smog index healthcare and patient information ama standard coleman liau index technical writing automated scoring character based no syllable counting automated readability index machine friendly scoring character based what most automated pipelines use what s a good readability score it depends on the audience common flesch kincaid grade level targets by content type audience grade target children k 6 grade 6 or below patient facing healthcare ama grade 6 8 general public blog content grade 7 9 marketing email landing pages grade 6 7 government plain language plain writing act grade 8 or below legal compliance disclosures grade 11 or below technical professional grade 13 14 academic research grade 16 for deeper guidance see what counts as a good readability score and how to improve your score how this calculator works paste your text into the composer above the text never leaves your browser all scoring runs client side read the scores across all six formulas plus the consensus grade each formula card shows whether the score is in target for your chosen audience preset edit the worst offenders sentences flagged red are over 25 words amber are 16 25 click any flagged sentence for specific fix suggestions and rewrite hints the full scoring engine syllable counting sentence splitting formula math runs in your browser we don t store transmit or log the text you paste useful for unpublished drafts internal policy text patient facing material or any content you don t want to upload to a third party service frequently asked questions about readability is readability check really free yes no paid tier no signup no api key no usage limit the calculator and all six formula reference pages are free forever the site is supported by display advertising on the reference pages the calculator itself is ad free does my text leave my browser no the full readability engine runs client side nothing is sent to any server useful for unpublished drafts internal policy text patient facing material or any content you don t want to upload to a third party service which readability formula is most accurate none individually each was calibrated for a different context smog for healthcare gunning fog for business writing coleman liau for technical text the consensus across all six is more defensible than any single number what s a good flesch kincaid grade for blog posts grade 7 9 for general audience writing most popular blogs target grade 8 marketing copy often goes lower grade 6 7 for conversion technical content typically lands at grade 12 or higher how do i lower my readability grade two highest leverage edits shorten sentences over 25 words and swap multi syllable words for shorter alternatives utilize becomes use implementation becomes rollout see how to improve your score for eight tactical edits can i embed this calculator on my own site yes see the embed page for a one tag iframe snippet free forever light and dark themes no api key no rate limit does this calculator work offline once the page is loaded yes all six formulas compute entirely in your browser with no network calls you can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and keep scoring what s the difference between this and hemingway editor hemingway is a style coach it flags passive voice adverbs and complex phrases readability check is a grade level calculator it shows you six formulas plus a consensus grade see vs hemingway for the full comparison recommendations by impact quick actions load sample text try the tool without pasting clear restart undo available for 5 seconds embed on your site free iframe add this calculator to your site one iframe light dark no api key compare verticals all six readability formulas explained pillar reference pick the right metric what s a good readability score targets by audience free hemingway alternative six formulas audience targeting grammarly alternative for readability two tools different jobs microsoft word readability score how to find it how to improve it yoast readability score how to pass the green bullet patient information readability ama 6th grade target audit guide improve your readability open guide score compare articles formulas guide