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Flesch Reading Ease
What it means: How easy your text is to
understand
Scale: 0-100 (higher scores mean easier to read) 90-100: Very easy (5th grade) 60-70: Standard (8th-9th grade) 0-30: Very difficult (college graduate)
Measures how easy your text is to read
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Flesch-Kincaid Grade
What it means: The U.S. grade level
needed to understand your text
Examples: 6: Sixth grade 12: High school graduate 14+: College level
Shows the U.S. school grade level of your text
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SMOG Index
What it means: Estimates the years of
education needed to understand the text
Formula: Based on the number of complex words (3+ syllables) Commonly used for healthcare and medical documents
Indicates reading level based on complex words
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Automated Readability Index
What it means: Readability based on
character count instead of syllables
Scale: 1-6: Elementary 7-12: High School 13+: College
Measures readability using character count
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Vocabulary Richness
What it means: How varied your word
choice is
Scale: 0-100% Higher percentage = more diverse vocabulary Typical ranges: 40-50%: Normal speech 50%+: Rich vocabulary
Shows how varied your vocabulary is
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Average Word Length
What it means: Average number of
characters per word
Typical ranges: 4-5: Simple vocabulary 5-6: Standard writing 6+: Technical/academic
Average number of letters in each word
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Punctuation Density
What it means: How often punctuation is
used
Lower: More straightforward, possibly informal Higher: More complex sentence structure Includes: periods, commas, semicolons, etc.
How frequently punctuation marks are used
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Formality Score
What it means: How formal the language is
Based on: - Formal transition words - Academic phrases - Complex sentence structures Higher score = more formal language
Indicates how formal the writing style is
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