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Readability

Readability scores: Automated Readability Index, Coleman-Liau, Flesch-Kincaid, Flesch reading ease, Gunning fog, LIX, and SMOG, with a rule that names the polysyllables behind them.

vale-cli/readability 29 stars 226K downloads v0.1.1 · Oct 31, 2022 latest release style Vale ≥ 2.13.0

Getting started

Add it to your .vale.ini, then run vale sync.

Packages = Readability

[*.md]
BasedOnStyles = Vale, Readability

The name installs the latest release each time vale sync runs. To stay on v0.1.1, the release this page describes, give its URL instead:

Packages = https://github.com/vale-cli/readability/releases/download/v0.1.1/Readability.zip

Rules 8

8 suggestion
  • Readability.AutomatedReadability suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the Automated Readability Index (%s) below 8.

  • Readability.ColemanLiau suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the Coleman–Liau Index grade (%s) below 9.

  • Readability.FleschKincaid suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the Flesch–Kincaid grade level (%s) below 8.

  • Readability.FleschReadingEase suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the Flesch reading ease score (%s) above 70.

  • Readability.GunningFog suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the Gunning-Fog index (%s) below 10.

  • Readability.LIX suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the LIX score (%s) below 35.

  • Readability.Polysyllables suggestion script scope: paragraph Style guide

    '%s' has three or more syllables. It counts toward the SMOG and Gunning fog scores.

  • Readability.SMOG suggestion metric Style guide

    Try to keep the SMOG grade (%s) below 10.