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Readability formulas recap

Taken from

Perusal of readability with focus on web content understandability

Pawan Kumar Ojha, Abid Ismail, Kuppusamy Kundumani Srinivasan, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Volume 33, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 1-10, ISSN 1319-1578,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksuci.2018.03.007

Attributes FRE Dale-Chall readability FKGL Gunning Fog Index SMOG ARI FRY Forcast PSK SPACHE CLI BRI LI× Raygor Estimate Graph Djoko Formula New Fog Count Pisarek’s Index Fernandez Huerta Index Kandal and Moles Index Al-Heeti Grade Level Lexile
Sentence × × × ×
Syllables × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Words × × × × × ×
Unfamiliar Words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Number of polysyllables word count × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Complex words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Character count × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Number of periods × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Familiar words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Number of sentences, number of syllables from three 100 word paragraph × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Single syllable words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Average number of sentences and letters per100 words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Word frequency × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Easy words × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
Paragraph × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × × ×
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