What is a good readability score?

It depends who is reading. As a rough guide on the common Flesch Reading Ease scale: 60-70 reads as plain English, comfortable for most adult readers; 90+ is very easy, close to conversational; below 30 is dense, closer to academic or legal writing. The right target depends on your audience — a blog post usually aims higher than a technical whitepaper. That is why we show you what the score means and which sentences are driving it, never the number alone.

What is the Flesch-Kincaid score?

Flesch-Kincaid is one of the most widely used readability formulas, built from sentence length and syllables per word. It comes in two forms: Flesch Reading Ease (0-100, higher is easier) and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (mapped to a US school grade). We show you the score alongside the specific sentences behind it, not just the formula's number.

How do I improve my readability score?

The number alone will not tell you what to fix — that is why we never show it alone. Paste your text and you will see which sentences are dragging your score down, why (usually length or word complexity), and how to simplify them. Fix those, re-check, and watch your score move.

Why does readability matter for content marketing?

A reader decides whether to keep reading in the first few seconds, and dense, hard-to-parse sentences lose people before your message lands. Content that reads easily tends to hold attention longer and convert better — a blog post, a landing page, or an email included. Check a draft before it ships, the same way you would check anything else your reader judges first.

Is this a Hemingway alternative?

Hemingway is a good editor for the writing moment. TextWiser checks readability as part of the final check before you send — score explained, fixes listed, and every other check in one pass on the same document. Different moment, different job.

Can I check readability without signing up?

Checking is free — creating an account takes seconds and does not need a card. Once you are in, paste your text and check as much of it as you like; that same account also unlocks every flagged sentence, all the fixes, and your verification report.

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Never just a number.

A readability score is a number — and we never show it alone. Every score comes with what it means in plain language (who can read this comfortably) and how to improve it: the specific sentences and constructions dragging it down.

That's the difference against score-only tools. You don't leave with a verdict you can't act on — you leave knowing exactly what to fix, then re-check to watch it move.

Inside the report Readability

Reading level

Grade 16 · Difficult to read

Reading ease37

Issues remaining2/20

Words593

Sentences18

Avg words/sentence32.2

Long Sentences 12Word Echoes 2Indirect Phrasing 6

Long sentence38 words · High

“Notwithstanding the aforementioned considerations, the implementation of the proposed methodology necessitates a comprehensive re-evaluation of the extant procedural framework…”

Split it into shorter sentences — aim for under 25 words.

Word echo3 repeats · Medium

“The significant findings suggest a significant shift across significant areas of the field.”

Keep one “significant” and swap the others for plainer words.

What drags a score down

Every finding is sorted into a named cause with its own count — so "hard to read" stops being a feeling and becomes a list you can work through.

Long sentences

Past about 25 words, readers start re-reading. The biggest single drag on any score — and one split fixes it.

Word echoes

The same word ringing twice in close range. Invisible while you write, loud while they read.

Indirect phrasing

Passive voice and roundabout constructions that make the reader work for your point.

Writing that's easy to read gets read

In a deliverable, article, or thesis, clear sentences carry your argument further — readers stay with you instead of re-reading. See which sentences to smooth, and make them land.