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English Reading Level & CSAT Mapping

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Flesch-Kincaid, SMOG readability with CSAT grade, TOEIC, CEFR mapping.

About this tool

English Readability Analyzer (readlvl) runs five classic readability formulas β€” Flesch-Kincaid Grade, SMOG, Gunning Fog, Coleman-Liau, and Dale-Chall β€” on any English passage, averages them, and maps the result to Korean CSAT (수λŠ₯) grades 1–9, TOEIC RC bands (100–495), CEFR (A1–C2), and Lexile range. Useful for English-academy teachers, CSAT/internal exam authors, and self-learners who want to gauge a passage at a glance; long passages get a paragraph-by-paragraph breakdown. The CSAT mapping is built from the past five years of official Korean CSAT English passages run through the same formulas. All analysis runs in the browser; passages never leave your device.

Use cases

Scenario 1

CSAT mock-exam passage check

Run an academy-authored CSAT mock passage and check its 1–9 grade mapping, then adjust difficulty distribution.

Scenario 2

English academy placement passage

Validate a new-student placement passage by CEFR (A1–C2) for clean level sorting.

Scenario 3

TOEIC learner passage curation

For a 700-RC target, curate passages mapped to the 600–750 band as daily study material.

Scenario 4

Paragraph-level breakdown

For a long academic piece where the intro is B1 but the body is C1, see the per-paragraph breakdown to plan study effort.

Scenario 5

CSAT vs TOEIC vs CEFR side-by-side

Map one passage to CSAT grade, TOEIC RC, CEFR, and Lexile simultaneously to anchor study goals.

Features

  • 5 readability formulas in parallel (FK / SMOG / Gunning Fog / Coleman-Liau / Dale-Chall)
  • Korean CSAT 1–9 grade mapping (past-5-year-based)
  • TOEIC RC 100–495 band estimate
  • CEFR A1–C2 + Lexile range
  • Per-paragraph breakdown for long passages
  • In-browser only β€” passages never leave your device
  • Result PNG card + bilingual KO/EN UI

Frequently asked

Q. Five formulas disagree β€” which one wins?
A. The average is most stable. Gunning Fog/SMOG suit academic/technical, while Flesch-Kincaid is better for general prose. The tool auto-detects type and surfaces a recommendation.
Q. Is the CSAT mapping official?
A. No β€” it is an unofficial mapping derived by running the past 5 years of CSAT English passages through these same formulas and bucketing average FK grade into 1–9.
Q. Are the TOEIC and CEFR mappings official?
A. Not officially β€” the tool reverse-maps from readability to estimate the band. ETS / Council of Europe official mappings are score-based and differ.
Q. Why are short passages unstable?
A. Readability formulas stabilize at 100+ words. Under 30 words, a single long word skews the score β€” feed at least 1–2 paragraphs.
Q. Are passages stored?
A. No β€” all analysis runs locally; passages never leave the browser.

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How we run it / disclaimer

This tool is advisory and does not constitute legal, tax, medical, or financial advice. All calculations and document generation run in your browser; inputs are never sent to a server. Ads follow Google AdSense policy and are kept separate from tool accuracy.