Readability Analysis
Readability Analysis gives you an objective read on how difficult your prose is, using the well-known Flesch-Kincaid measures. It's a live panel you can open while you write or while you review.
Opening the panel
Click the analysis toggle (a chart icon) in the toolbar of either:
- The Editor: scores the current node's text, updating live as you type.
- Review Mode: scores the whole assembled document (a node and all of its children).
You can also right-click a node in the Outline and choose Analysis to jump straight to Review Mode for that node with the panel already open.
What the panel shows
Grade level
A single number (roughly 0-18+) estimating the U.S. school grade needed to read the text comfortably, with a plain-language band:
| Grade | Band |
|---|---|
| 0-6 | Very Easy |
| 6-9 | Easy |
| 9-13 | Standard |
| 13-16 | Difficult |
| 16+ | Very Difficult |
Reading ease
A score from 0-100 (higher is easier) shown with a color-coded bar: green for easy, red for difficult.
Word count
The word count of the analyzed text, for context.
Most complex sentences
A ranked list of the five hardest sentences in the text, each with its own grade-level score. Click any sentence in the list and the editor scrolls to it, selects it, and highlights it, so you can find and rework your densest passages instantly.
Notes
- If a passage has fewer than about 20 words, the panel shows a gentle "add more text to see analysis" message instead of misleading scores.
- Analysis is informational only: it never blocks writing, saving, or publishing, and nothing is written to your files. It's recomputed live each time.
- Scoring assumes English prose.
Analyzing a whole manuscript
For a book-wide view of complexity and pacing rather than a single passage, see Outline Analysis.