Readability Checker
Paste an article, email or report to see its reading grade, Flesch Reading Ease score and the words that make it harder to read.
Flesch Reading Ease
15.5
Very difficult
Aim for 60–70 for plain business writing. Higher is easier to read.
Reading grade
14.9
College
76
Words
5
Sentences
3
Paragraphs
15.2
Avg words / sentence
22
3+ syllable words
~1 min
Reading time
Other grade formulas
- Gunning Fog
- 17.7
- SMOG
- 15.1
- Automated Readability
- 19.5
- Coleman–Liau
- 17.3
Scores are US grade levels. Formulas are estimates, not a substitute for editing.
Longest words in this text
These words have three or more syllables. Replacing a few with shorter alternatives usually improves the score.
- deliberately6 syl · 1×
- communication5 syl · 1×
- implementation5 syl · 1×
- independently5 syl · 1×
- notification5 syl · 1×
- operational5 syl · 1×
- qualifications5 syl · 1×
- additional4 syl · 1×
- asynchronous4 syl · 1×
- complexity4 syl · 1×
- consequently4 syl · 1×
- facilitate4 syl · 1×
- introduced4 syl · 1×
- undertaken4 syl · 1×
- business3 syl · 1×
- detailed3 syl · 1×
- extremes3 syl · 1×
- paragraph3 syl · 1×
- services3 syl · 1×
- somewhere3 syl · 1×
How to improve readability
- Keep most sentences under 20 words and vary the length.
- Prefer the short word: “use” instead of “utilise”, “help” instead of “facilitate”.
- Break long paragraphs into one idea each.
- Use lists and headings for scans, then read the result aloud.
Check the length separately with the Word Counter, or clean up the draft with the Text Cleaner.
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