The Readability Checker tells you how easy a web page is to read. It reports the reading grade level and Flesch score, the average sentence length, how much of the text is passive voice, and how large your paragraphs are. Use the results to find the long sentences, the passive phrasing and the heavy paragraphs worth fixing first.
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The headline is the reading grade of the page text. Under it you get the word and sentence counts, the Flesch score (higher is easier to read) and the average words per sentence.
The page needs at least 80 words of text. Below that the tool says there is not enough to measure.
| Check | Pass | Warning |
|---|---|---|
| Reading grade | Grade 10 or lower | Grade 11 to 13 |
| Sentence length | 20 words or fewer on average | 21 to 25 words |
| Very long sentences | About 5% of sentences or fewer run past 28 words | More than that |
| Active voice | Passive phrasing in 10% of sentences or fewer | More than that |
| Paragraphs | At least 1 substantial paragraph per 150 words | Fewer than that |
The grade comes mostly from sentence length and word length. For business writing the tool suggests aiming for grade 8 to 10.
Pages with product names, technical terms or legal wording often score higher than the writing deserves. Lists and headings without full stops can also skew the numbers. Use the score to find the heaviest passages, then judge them yourself.
Peak Answer runs checks like these every week, then writes the content and gets the placements.