Free Reading Level Calculator

Paste any text to instantly get Flesch-Kincaid grade level, Flesch Reading Ease score, and an estimated Lexile level. Perfect for teachers, content creators, and educators.

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How Reading Level Scores Work

Flesch-Kincaid Grade

Estimates the U.S. school grade level needed to understand the text. A score of 8.0 means an 8th grader could understand it. Based on sentence length and syllable count.

Flesch Reading Ease

Rates text on a 0-100 scale. Higher scores mean easier to read. 60-70 is considered standard, 90+ is very easy (5th grade), and below 30 is very difficult (college graduate).

Lexile Measure

A widely used framework that matches readers to texts. Ranges from 200L (beginning reader) to 1200L+ (advanced). This tool estimates Lexile from the Flesch-Kincaid grade level.

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