Check how readable your text is
Paste a draft and get the classic readability scores, with the sentences that drag, the passive voice, the adverbs and the hard words highlighted right in your text, plus a keyword density table. Nothing is uploaded.
How to check how readable your text is
- Paste the text. A paragraph or a whole article. Scores update live.
- Read the scores. Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid grade, Gunning Fog, SMOG, Coleman-Liau and ARI, each explained.
- Fix what is highlighted. Long sentences are shaded, passive voice, adverbs and complex words are marked in the text, so you know exactly where to edit.
Why use myowntext for this
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Every result appears as you type. Once a page has loaded it keeps working without a connection.
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Counts, highlights and reports tell you exactly what was found and what changed. Nothing is hidden behind a spinner.
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Questions people ask
What is a good Flesch Reading Ease score?
Sixty to seventy reads as plain English that most adults follow easily. Above eighty is very easy; below fifty reads as academic or legal text. Most news writing sits between fifty and seventy.
What do the highlights mean?
Yellow sentences run 25 words or more and red ones 35 or more; both are hard to follow in one breath. Green marks passive voice, which hides who did what. Blue marks adverbs, which often prop up a weak verb. Purple marks words of three or more syllables, which raise the grade level. None of them is wrong on its own; they show where a sentence could be tighter.
How accurate is the grade level?
The formulas were built for English and rely on counting syllables, which the tool does with a rule-based estimate. Treat the grade as a guide within about one level, not a verdict.
What is keyword density?
How often a word or phrase appears as a share of all words. The table shows single words, two-word and three-word phrases with counts, which is useful for SEO drafts and for spotting repetition.
Does it work for other languages?
The counts and frequency table work for any language. The readability formulas and highlights are English-specific and will be off for other languages.