Textual difficulty
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The main function of readability tests is to give you a quick assessment about the density of your writing. Readability tests can not tell you how easily a reader can understand the information in the text.
You can perform readability tests manually by counting and doing a mathematical calculation, or by using word-processing software. There are several popular readability indexes, for example:
- Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level (Flesch-Kincaid Grade Index)
- Flesch Reading Ease (Flesch Readability Test)
- Fog Index
- Gunning Fog Index
- SMOG Index
- Spache
[edit] External links
- Developer Gnome
- Writing Sample Analyzer, reports on the Flesch Reading Ease, Fog Scale Level, and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level for a given piece of text.
- Online Textual Difficulty Calculator - reports ARI, SMOG, Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test, Coleman-Liau Index, Gunning-Fog Index, etc.