Readability Checker

Flesch reading ease uses sentence length and syllable-like word length. Higher scores mean shorter sentences and more common short words. The label groups that score into easy, standard, or difficult so you can decide whether to revise.

Flesch reading ease uses sentence length and syllable-like word length. Higher scores mean shorter sentences and more common short words. Easy is the high band, standard is the middle, and difficult is the low band. The label is a writing signal, not a school grade and not a medical or legal assessment.

Flesch score is one of the values Readability Checker puts on screen. The score falls when sentences and words get long. The page computes it from the paste. It is not a grade from a publisher.

Read Easy on its own before you mix it with the other rows. The high band. Short sentences and short words land here. Easy does not mean the facts are correct.

Standard answers a narrower question than the headline number. The middle band. Everyday explanations often land here. You do not have to push every page into easy.

Treat Difficult as a label with a specific job. The low band. Long sentences and long words land here. Split sentences if the readers need plainer language. The label does not forbid the draft.

The Counts line is worth a full stop. The score needs a sentence count and a word count. Both are shown. An abbreviation with a period can nudge the sentence count.

The checker only scores the text you paste. Headings you add later in the CMS are not in the score. A difficult label means you may want shorter sentences if your readers need plainer language. It does not block publishing.

If you remember one sequence from Readability Checker, remember the fields in the order they change a decision. Flesch score matters because The score falls when sentences and words get long. In practice, The page computes it from the paste. The mistake to avoid is this: It is not a grade from a publisher. Easy matters because The high band. In practice, Short sentences and short words land here. The mistake to avoid is this: Easy does not mean the facts are correct. Standard matters because The middle band. In practice, Everyday explanations often land here. The mistake to avoid is this: You do not have to push every page into easy. Difficult matters because The low band. In practice, Long sentences and long words land here. The mistake to avoid is this: Split sentences if the readers need plainer language. The label does not forbid the draft. Counts matters because The score needs a sentence count and a word count. In practice, Both are shown. The mistake to avoid is this: An abbreviation with a period can nudge the sentence count. After that, the checks are simple. The paste is the article text, not the HTML. Difficult was read as a shortening signal. The label was not called a grade. Sentence count was glanced at if abbreviations are common. Headings added later will be checked on the final paste.

The worked example for Readability Checker, read as one scene, is this. Paste: The cat sat on the mat. The dog ran to the park. The label is easy because the sentences are short and the words are short. The paste never left the browser. Paste one long sentence full of rare words. The label moves to difficult. Split that sentence and the score rises. The tool did not rewrite the draft for you.

Final notes for Readability Checker, written as decisions rather than as a table. When Flesch score is in front of you, decide using this: The score falls when sentences and words get long. It is not a grade from a publisher. When Easy is in front of you, decide using this: The high band. Easy does not mean the facts are correct. When Standard is in front of you, decide using this: The middle band. You do not have to push every page into easy. When Difficult is in front of you, decide using this: The low band. Split sentences if the readers need plainer language. The label does not forbid the draft. When Counts is in front of you, decide using this: The score needs a sentence count and a word count. An abbreviation with a period can nudge the sentence count. Then apply the checks without skipping one. The paste is the article text, not the HTML. Difficult was read as a shortening signal. The label was not called a grade. Sentence count was glanced at if abbreviations are common. Headings added later will be checked on the final paste.

Keep Readability Checker as this step only. When the job moves on, the Text to Speech Converter is the next page: Text to Speech Converter speaks text you type or paste using the browser’s speech voices. The HTML to Text Converter covers a different piece of the same work: HTML to Text Converter strips tags, scripts, and styles from HTML you paste and leaves the visible words.