📖Readability Checker

Check the readability score and reading level of your content.

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Paste your text above and click Analyze to check readability scores.

About Readability Checker

Readability Checker analyzes your text against multiple readability formulas — including Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Gunning Fog, and Coleman-Liau — to estimate the reading difficulty and education level required to understand your content. Use it to ensure your writing reaches your intended audience.

How to Use Readability Checker

1
Paste your content
Copy and paste the article, webpage copy, or document text you want to analyze into the text area.
2
Run the readability analysis
Click 'Analyze' to calculate readability scores across multiple formulas.
3
Review scores and simplify
Check your Flesch score and grade level against your target audience, then use the suggestions to shorten sentences and replace complex words.

Common Use Cases

Content writers verifying their articles are accessible to a general audience
UX writers ensuring app copy is concise and easy to understand
Academic authors checking that research papers meet target complexity levels
SEO teams optimizing landing page copy for clarity and conversion

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Flesch Reading Ease score?

The Flesch Reading Ease score rates text on a scale of 0–100. Higher scores indicate easier reading: 60–70 is considered standard (suitable for 13–15 year olds), while 90+ is very easy and 30 and below is considered difficult academic text.

What reading level should I target for web content?

Most web content aimed at a general audience should target a 7th to 9th grade reading level (Flesch-Kincaid Grade 7–9). High-conversion landing page copy often targets even lower — around Grade 6 — for maximum accessibility.

What affects readability scores the most?

Sentence length and syllable count per word have the greatest impact on readability. Shorter sentences and simpler vocabulary produce higher (easier) readability scores.