Fry Readability Formula - Formula

Formula

To calculate a grade level score:

  1. Randomly select three separate 100 word passages. (Count every word including proper nouns, initializations, and numerals.)
  2. Count the number of sentences in each 100 word sample (estimate to nearest tenth).
  3. Count the number of syllables in each 100 word sample. (Each numeral is a syllable. For example, 2007 counts as 1 word with 4 syllables.)
  4. Plot the average sentence length and the average number of syllables on the graph.
  5. The area in which it falls is the approximate grade

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