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readability

readability

6 3.5
How easy text is to read and understand
  • noun
  • /ˌriːdəˈbɪlɪti/
translation icon : legibilidad
  • The names reported in the present article in order to enhance its readability are pseudonyms.
  • readability formulas
  • readability level
  • readability test

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Examples

  • So I think the readability is good and it works out great.

  • Table 1 presents the "average word length," "average sentence length," and "readability scores" of the texts used in the study.

    Academic text (2015)
  • When possible, special education teachers should edit the document to increase readability by doing the following:

    Academic text (2013)
  • For an organization that valued readability, this was a huge win... Bug detection.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Because this was a preliminary investigation of the readability of people's first language, the sample was small.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Textbooks should be written in simple English for easy readability and must be readily available in the market.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Healthcare providers should ask customers questions about the readability and usefulness of bills.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The reading level of each passage was established using the Flesch-Kincaid readability formula.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The reading level of the passage fell at Grade 3.7, according to the Flesch Kincaid readability formula.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The teacher emphasized the importance of readability in writing, explaining that clear text helps students understand better.

Synonyms

clarity
vsreadability
152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

includes both visual ease and clear expression rather than meaning only
legibility
vsreadability
2 4.1

How easy handwriting or print is to read

is broader, adding ease of grasping meaning not just visual clarity
intelligibility
vsreadability
1 6.5

The ease with which people understand speech or writing

is wider, also covering print visibility as well as sense
comprehensibility
vsreadability
1 4.2

How easy something is for people to understand

also covers the physical ease of looking at text, not only comprehension
plainness
vsreadability
1 3.7

Being clear and easy to understand

is less about style and also includes physical ease of viewing text
understandability
vsreadability
3.4

How easy something is to follow and make sense of

adds visual and typographic ease beyond simple comprehension
perspicuousness
vsreadability
  • Formal
9.9

Clear and easy to understand in writing or speech

is broader, covering both style clarity and print visibility
decipherability
vsreadability
7.6

The ease of reading and understanding writing or speech

is broader, applying to normally presented text clarity not only hard-to-read cases
interpretability
vsreadability
  • Specialized
7.3

The quality of being easy to understand or explain

focuses more generally on simple text appearance and overall ease of understanding

Antonyms

1 7.6

Writing or print that is hard to read

How Readable

readability
6 3.5
clarity
152 3.0
legibility
2 4.1
illegibility
1 7.6

Surface Forms

readability singular
readabilities plural

Morphology

readability = readable (transparent) = read + able + ity

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'readable', yielding the quality or state of being readable.

Etymology

Readability is built from the everyday verb read and the endings -able ('can be') and -ity (which turns words into a thing). So, think of readable, meaning 'easy to read'; readability is the quality of being easy to read and understand.