Our Readability Checker helps you to communicate clearly.
Readable is an online toolkit that helps writers everywhere improve their readability and bring their audience closer.
Here's How Readable Works
Analyse
Dive in to your readability scores, spelling and grammar checking, style issues, clichés, profanity, to see where your content needs work.
Import
Readable can analyse anything - a Word document or PDF, a web page, or an entire website. You can even send us text through our API.
Improve
Edit your text, and watch your scores improve in real time as you do. Roll out your new and improved text, and reap the rewards.
3,000+ authors, marketers, and educators trust us to deliver accurate readability analysis.
How Readable Tames Your Content
Powerful, flexible readability tools that work where you work.
Actionable Insights
Readable doesn't just tell you your readability scores and leave you to it. It also highlights the parts of your text in the greatest need of attention. That helps you focus your valuable time on the edits that matter.
Reliable Algorithms
Readable is unmatched when it comes to readability algorithms, offering not just Flesch-Kincaid and SMOG scoring, but every notable readability algorithm used today and our very own unique readability algorithm.
Best-in-class Accuracy
Our scores are backed up by established readability algorithms and verified by over 10,000 automated tests and hand-calculated scores. You can be confident in your results.
Exquisite Support
We're here to help if you need us, with an extensive knowledgebase as well as in-app and email support.
Comprehensive Access
Readable can score every document format in use today, including Word, PDF, ODF, and Markdown, as well as spreadsheets, URLs, email, and even entire websites.
Secure and Private
We take data security and privacy seriously, and we're always working to ensure your data remains accessible only to you. For those who need more, we offer additional options to control data retention.
Who Is Readable For?
Writers come in all shapes and sizes, but they all have one thing in common: they all need to grab their audience's attention. To connect with them in a noisy world. We have solutions that will fit seamlessly into your workflow. Use Readable to transform your content.
Educators
Readable help educators meet their goals by providing reliable readability tools to help improve student engagement and comprehension. Use the most accurate scores on the market. Improve accessibility and inclusion with the power of language.
Web Marketers
We provide everything marketers and copywriters need to craft high-impact, user-friendly content. Good readability helps you to build trust. Improve your brand authority and SEO by targeting your audience.
Governments
Readable is UK government-approved. We help government bodies all over the world make their communication more effective. Save valuable time and resources by using Readable. Improve your public services and transform your public perception.
Insurers
Readability is vital to building trust. We help you write clear and transparent documents and contracts. Readable helps you to use plain language that connects with your customers.
Medical Companies
We save medical companies and healthcare providers time. Readable integrates into any product or CMS. Health literacy is essential for positive outcomes. Make your patients feel informed and confident. Use Readable for accessible medical content.
Authors
Readable was founded and run by writers. We help authors stand out from the crowd in a crowded market. Preserve the essence of your creativity while writing for a wide audience. Proofread with Readable.
What Our Customers Say
I use Readable to match my copy with my audience's reading level. It's one of my top conversion optimization tools!
Anna Bolton
Fact: good readability is good for everyone. What Readable does is make it measurable. It makes readability tangible and gives the entire organisation something they can gather around.
Candi Williams
My clients support vulnerable people; plain language is essential when writing for these audiences. Readable makes it easy to show clients when their copy isn’t using plain language.
Heather Badenoch
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CommercePro
Improve your website readability and lift conversions.
CommercePro is a suite of tools with a unique algorithm. The results give you actionable steps to optimise your website for readability.
AgencyPro
Integrate readability into your workflow and increase efficiency.
The ReadableAPI available with AgencyPro easily integrates into your website, CMS, product or service. Bring quality readability scores into your business.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is readability?
Readability is a measure of how easy a piece of text is to read. Read more about readability.
What is a readability score?
A readability score can tell you the level of education someone needs to easily read a piece of text. The score identifies a Grade Level relative to the number of years of education a person has. Read more about readability scores.
What is a good readability Score?
A Grade Level of 8 or lower is good for text aimed at the public. 85% of the public will be able to read and understand your content at Grade Level 8. Read more about readability scores.
What languages does Readable support?
At the moment, Readable supports English, localised to the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Ireland. We're working on supporting more languages in the future.
Which readability algorithms does Readable use?
Readable scores content with 17 different readability algorithms. You can find a comprehensive list of them, along with what they are used for, on our readability formulas page.
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