Is your website copy actually easy to read?
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Flesch Reading Ease
87 · Easy
Reads at roughly Grade 5 level -- a US school grade is the unit this formula was built to answer in.
Easy: this reads at roughly an easy conversational read level, which is comfortable for most website and marketing copy.
- 28words
- 2sentences
- 14.0words a sentence
- 1.25syllables a word
What moves the number
- Sentence length, more than word choice. Splitting one 30-word sentence into two usually moves the score more than swapping a few words for simpler ones.
- It counts syllables, not meaning. A short jargon word and a long plain one can score the same; read the advice line, not just the number.
- There is no single right target. A landing page usually wants Standard or easier; a technical page for a specialist audience is allowed to sit lower.
Worth saying plainly
This scores sentences, not whether the copy sells
Short and simple is not automatically good copy, and a low score is not automatically bad -- some of the most persuasive writing uses longer, more considered sentences on purpose. This is one input to a copywriting decision, not the decision itself.
Sentence length moves it more than word choice does
- It counts sentences, words and syllables, nothing else. No dictionary of difficulty, no AI judgement -- the same formula Microsoft Word has used for decades, which is why the number means something to people who have seen it before.
- There is no universal target. Most web and marketing copy reads best in the Standard band or easier; a technical page written for specialists is allowed to sit lower.
- A low score is a prompt to look, not a verdict. Some of the most persuasive writing uses longer sentences on purpose. Read the copy before you rewrite it to satisfy a number.
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