Estimates the years of education needed to understand a piece of writing.
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Estimates the years of education needed to understand a piece of writing.
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The tool applies the SMOG (Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) formula to your text.
The output is the approximate years of education a reader needs to understand the text completely.
Use the SMOG grade to ensure your materials (like health brochures or educational handouts) are suitable for your target demographic.
SMOG stands for 'Simple Measure of Gobbledygook'. It is a readability formula developed by G. Harry McLaughlin.
It is particularly known for its accuracy in assessing healthcare materials and consumer information where 100% comprehension is critical.
SMOG is often considered more rigorous and tends to yield slightly higher grade levels, ensuring that if a text passes SMOG, it is definitely readable at that level.
No, you can analyze short snippets or longer documents. However, for the most accurate results, a sample of at least 30 sentences is often recommended for manual calculation, but our tool handles any length.
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