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Readability Score Calculator

Paste text to calculate its Flesch Reading Ease score and Flesch-Kincaid grade level.

Flesch Reading Ease

111.5

Grade level

-0.9

Very easy — elementary school level

Uses the Flesch-Kincaid formulas (17 words, 3 sentences, 18 syllables counted). Syllable counting uses a common heuristic and may be off by one on irregular words.

How to use this tool

  1. 1Paste or type your text.
  2. 2See the Flesch Reading Ease score and estimated grade level.

Frequently asked questions

What's a good Flesch Reading Ease score?+

60-70 is considered plain English understandable by most adults; higher scores are easier to read, and scores below 30 are considered very difficult, college-graduate-level text.