Flesch-Kincaid readability & grade level calculations in JavaScript.
Install through npm:
npm install daveross/flesch-kincaid
Syllable calculation based on a Java port of Perl's Lingua::EN::Syllables, with my own additions
As a derivative work, this library inherits Perl's license terms.
Perl5 is Copyright (C) 1993-2005, by Larry Wall and others.
It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either:
a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either external linkversion 1, or (at your option) any later versionexternal link, or
b) the "Artistic License".
flesch-kincaid.js is a CommonJS module. It's intended to be bundled with the rest of your code using a tool like Webpack or Require.js.
In the event you're not using such a tool, you can emulate loading the library in a browser with code such as this:
<script>var exports = [];</script>
<script src="node_modules/flesch-kincaid/flesch-kincaid.js"></script>
<script>
var FleschKincaid = exports;
</script>
The rate() function calculates a Flesch reading ease score for a string of English text. Higher numbers indicate an easier read.
Lower numbers correspond with more difficult reads, where scores of 0-30 represent material for college graduates. See Wikipedia's
section on Flesch Reading Ease for more details.
var str = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs";
console.log( FleschKincaid.rate( str ) ); // 84.90000000000003
The grade() function computes a US grade reading level using the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Formula. It represents a number of years' education
needed to understand a text. Lower grade levels correspond with easier reads, higher grade levels with more advanced texts.
var str = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs";
console.log( FleschKincaid.grade( str ) ); // 3.653333333333336