Flesch-Kincaid Content Readability Calculator
Marketing ContentScore content with Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid grade level, SMOG, Gunning Fog, and Coleman-Liau β with insights and CSV export. 100% client-side.
Flesch-Kincaid readability lab
Fairly difficult
Middle school
Reading ease
Flesch score 55.3 β consider shorter sentences and simpler words.
Grade level
Estimated U.S. grade 8.3 β Middle school reading level.
Flesch Reading Ease
Higher is easier to read (0β100).
55.3
Flesch-Kincaid Grade
U.S. school grade level needed to understand the text.
8.3
SMOG Index
Simple Measure of Gobbledygook β strong for polysyllabic copy.
10.1
Gunning Fog
Years of formal education typically required.
9.9
Coleman-Liau
Character-based grade level estimate.
14.4
Automated Readability
Character and word length based grade score.
10.4
Syllable counts use English heuristics and may differ slightly from manual counts. Readability formulas are guides β audience, topic, and intent still matter more than any single score.