Readability Score Checker

A readability score measures how easy your writing is to understand based on sentence length and word complexity. Recruiters and hiring managers skim quickly, so clear, easy-to-read resumes and cover letters get noticed and understood faster.

Most professional career documents read best between 50 and 70, which corresponds to a high-school to early-college reading level. This keeps language clear and professional without feeling overly simplistic or overly academic.

Both formulas use average sentence length and word or syllable complexity. Flesch-Kincaid outputs a U.S. school grade level, while Gunning Fog weighs the percentage of complex, multi-syllable words to estimate reading difficulty.

Yes. Paste a public job posting, careers page, or article URL into the URL field and click Fetch Page. We retrieve the readable text from the page and load it directly into the analyzer for you.

No. Your pasted text, uploaded files, and any scraped page content are used only to generate the readability analysis and improved text you request. Nothing is stored, published, or shared afterward.

Click Improve Text or Improve Automatically after checking readability. The tool rewrites long sentences, removes jargon and passive voice, and strengthens action verbs while preserving your facts, achievements, and dates exactly as written.