Readability Checker
Score how easy your writing is to read.
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Score how easy your writing is to read
Paste a paragraph and this checker measures how demanding it is, giving you the Flesch Reading Ease score out of one hundred alongside the US school grade a reader would need to follow it comfortably. A higher ease score means simpler, more approachable prose; a lower one signals dense, longer sentences and multi-syllable words. The tool also reports how long the passage takes to read silently and to read aloud, plus the sentence and word ratios that drive the scores, so you can see exactly what is making a piece heavy. Writers, teachers, marketers and students use these numbers to aim copy at the right audience.
How the score is worked out
The reading-ease formula weighs your average sentence length and the average number of syllables per word. Shorter sentences and shorter words push the score up toward plain English.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good Flesch Reading Ease score?
Most general-audience writing aims for 60 to 70, which reads at about an eighth-to-ninth-grade level. Above 80 is very easy; below 30 suits an academic or professional reader.
How is the grade level different from the ease score?
The ease score is a 0 to 100 readability rating, while the grade level estimates the US school year a reader needs. They use the same inputs from opposite directions.
Are the syllable counts exact?
They are a close estimate. English spelling is irregular, so the tool uses a well-known heuristic that is accurate enough to make the scores reliable for everyday editing.