📖 Readability Checker
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Readability Score Guide
Flesch Reading Ease: 0–100 scale. Higher = easier. 60–70 = plain English (8th grade). Aim for 60+ for general audiences.
Flesch-Kincaid Grade: US school grade level. Grade 8 = accessible to most adults. The average American reads at a 7th–8th grade level.
Gunning Fog: Years of education needed. <12 = accessible. Many popular newspapers target Fog index of 8–10.
SMOG Index: Grades of education needed to understand the text. Reliable for texts of 30+ sentences.