Reading Time & Readability
Paste your text to see how long it takes to read, its Flesch reading-ease score and grade level — and which sentences to simplify.
How it works
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Paste your text
A post, an email, a report — at least a few sentences.
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Read your scores
Reading ease, grade level, reading time and more.
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Simplify
Shorten long sentences and swap complex words, then check again.
Write so everyone understands
Readable writing gets read. Most web readers skim, and many prefer text written at around an 8th-grade level — even experts. The VirtuaChat Reading Time & Readability tool measures how easy your text is so you can make it clearer.
You get the Flesch Reading Ease score (higher is easier), the Flesch–Kincaid grade level, the average sentence and word length, reading and speaking time, and a list of your longest sentences and most complex words — the quickest wins for making text easier to read.
It's useful for blog posts, emails, product pages, reports, school work and anything written for a broad audience. Everything is calculated in your browser, so your text stays private.
Proven formulas
Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch–Kincaid grade level.
What to fix
Your longest sentences and most complex words, listed.
Private
Calculated in your browser — nothing is uploaded.