Better tool for checking content readability and two related articles

I’d written about readability index calculator last week. I’d also posted this in Sitepoint forums and got some good responses to that post.

In one of the replies, I was introduced to a new tool Mystery Matador which I feel is better than the readability index calculator. I like the fact that it gives me suggestions to improve my content.

In this process, I also came across two articles. The first one was regarding the most overused word in technical marketing (solution). The second one was about common marketing buzzwords used in marketing collaterals. We’ve read these words over and over again so much that they don’t make sense any more. They sound hollow nowadays. I must admit I’ve also been guilty of using most of these words in my articles. This article is sort of any eye-opener to me. May be I should try to reduce the usage of these words in the future.

 

Check the readability of your article

Are you a blogger or a journalist? Do you want to know the readability of an article or a story you’ve written ? Then readability index calculator is the tool you need. You just need to enter a passage of text in the field and select the language for which the readability is to be calculated. The tool will give you a reading ease score and grade level.

The calculation is done based on Flesch-Kincaid method for English language. Any score about 60 is good and it means your readers find it easy to follow what you’ve written.

So, the next time you write a blog post or an article for a journal, make sure your article has good readability with the readability index calculator.