Table 1

Readability tools and their formulas

Assessment toolFormula
Flesch Reading Ease Score206.835 – (1.015 × average no of words per sentence) – (84.6 × average no of syllables per word)
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level(0.39 × average no of words per sentence) + (11.8 × average no of syllables per word) – 15.59
Gunning Fog Index0.4 (average no of words per sentence +(100 x average no of 3+syllable words)
Simple Measure of Gobbledygook Index3 + √Polysyllabic count