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Readability

How hard is the writing on this page to read?

Pasting a page into a readability checker means copying the navigation, the footer and the cookie banner along with the article. This reads the prose the page actually carries - the main landmark when there is one, never the navigation, forms or buttons - and gives the Flesch reading ease, the Flesch-Kincaid grade, a reading time and the sentences over thirty words, which are the ones to rewrite first.

Reach it Press ⌘ + K on any tab and type readability. Ctrl + K on Windows and Linux

Reading ease, grade, reading time and the longest sentences
reads the main landmark, or the first article
writes nothing
sends nothing
scores Flesch ease and Flesch-Kincaid grade
lists up to five sentences over thirty words
language English formulas, flagged on any other lang
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What this actually is

Editing a landing page, a help article or a terms page that customers actually have to understand, and checking a rewrite made it simpler rather than just shorter. Only the counts leave the page; the text itself never reaches the panel.

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Asked about this diagnostic

Can I trust the score on a page in German or Slovak?

No, and the tool says so. Both formulas are calibrated on English syllables and sentence length, so a page whose lang says otherwise gets a warning above the numbers. The word and sentence counts are still right.

What counts as the page's prose?

The main landmark if there is one, otherwise the first article, otherwise the body with navigation, headers and footers removed. The panel says which it used.

Is the text sent to the panel or anywhere else?

No. The counting happens on the page, and only the numbers and up to five shortened sentences come back.

how to use readability

  1. Open Readability on a page with prose on it.
  2. Read the reading ease, the grade, the minutes and the word count.
  3. Check which part of the page was read - main, article or body.
  4. Rewrite the longest sentences first, then reload to score it again.