Reading Level Analyzer

Analyze your text's readability with multiple formulas including Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG, Coleman-Liau, and Automated Readability Index.

Enter Your Text

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RECOMMENDED GRADE LEVEL
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FLESCH READING EASE
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Text Averages

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Syllables per Word0.00
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Flesch Reading Ease Scale

90-100
Very Easy
Comics, children's books
80-89
Easy
Consumer ads, tabloids
70-79
Fairly Easy
Magazines, popular fiction
60-69
Standard
Newspapers, digests
50-59
Fairly Difficult
Quality journalism
30-49
Difficult
Academic papers
10-29
Very Difficult
Professional, scientific
0-9
Extremely Difficult
Legal, technical docs

Grade Level Scale

1-2
Early Elementary
3-5
Upper Elementary
6-8
Middle School
9-10
High School
11-12
Advanced HS
13+
College+

About the Readability Formulas

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

Developed for the US Navy to assess the difficulty of technical manuals. Produces a US school grade level.

Flesch Reading Ease

Scores text on a 0-100 scale. Higher scores indicate material that is easier to read. Widely used in publishing.

Gunning Fog Index

Estimates years of formal education needed to understand text on first reading. Focuses on complex words.

SMOG Index

Simple Measure of Gobbledygook. Popular in healthcare for assessing patient education materials.

Coleman-Liau Index

Uses character count instead of syllables, making it easier to calculate programmatically.

Automated Readability Index

Designed for real-time readability monitoring. Uses characters per word and words per sentence.