Independent publisher · Lake City, Colorado Est. 1996

Readability checker

Flesch, Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog and SMOG scores, plus sentence length and the passages slowing readers down.

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Scored in your browser; nothing is uploaded. Readability formulas were built for prose, so they mislead on dialogue-heavy fiction, poetry and lists. Treat them as a second opinion, not a verdict.

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Flesch reading ease
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SuitsBased on the grade score
Grade levels
Flesch-KincaidUS school grade0
Gunning FogYears of education0
SMOGUsed for health and safety copy0
Composition
Words per sentence0
Syllables per word0
Words of 3+ syllables0%
Sentences looking passive0%

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