A grade level of 9.9 as shown on the screenshot above is expected to be understandable by average 9th to 10th grade students. 0.0–30.0: Best understood by university graduates The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level transforms the Flesch Reading Ease score to a United States grade.60.0–70.0: Easily understandable by 13- to 15-year-old students.90.0–100.0: Easily understandable by an average 11-year-old student.The readability statistics display counts of words, characters, paragraphs and sentences, information about sentence, word and character averages and readability statistics The Readability section displays the percentage of passive sentences, the Flesch Reading Ease and the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level.įlesch Reading Ease scores can be interpreted in the following way: The easiest way to bring up the readability statistics is to press F7 to run the spell checker on the open document, or by clicking on the Review tab and then on the Spelling and Grammar button. That's because it is linked to proof reading, which was already indicated by its location under proofing in the options. You won't realize directly that it has been activated. Place a checkmark into the box next to show readability statistics and click the OK button afterwards. Locate Proofing on the left side and click on it. This should open the Options window where the majority of configuration changes can be made. Please note that I'm using Microsoft Word 2010, and that the setting may be at a different location in previous versions of Word. Here is a quick guide on how to enable the readability statistics in Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word offers readability statistics, but only if the feature is activated by the user. But how do you know if your writing is appropriate for the audience? Like most other things in life, someone tried to answer that question with a formula, or algorithm. Your five year old nephew will thank you for it, as will the professors on your college. But the same papers in other people's word (they have PCs) are. It ONLY goes up to 12.0 on the scale, then stops. Is anyone familiar with the Show Readability Statistics option in Word? When it's enabled, after a spell/grammar check, it pops up a window of statistics for the supposed readability of the passage or document.
Your choice of words and sentence structure should reflect the audience. Sometimes when you write an article, review or letter you need to take into consideration the age and education of the reader.
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