smog-formula
Formula to detect the grade level of text according to the SMOG (simple measure of gobbledygook) formula.
See syllable for detecting syllables.
Install
This package is ESM only: Node 12+ is needed to use it and it must be imported
instead of required.
npm:
npm install smog-formulaUse
import {smogFormula} from 'smog-formula'
// For “The Australian platypus is seemingly a hybrid of a mammal and reptilian
// creature.” (1 sentence; 4 polysillabic words).
smogFormula({sentence: 1, polysillabicWord: 4})
// => 14.554593…API
This package exports the following identifiers: smogFormula.
There is no default export.
smogFormula(counts)
Given an object containing the number of sentences (sentence) and the number
of polysillabic (three or more syllables) words (polysillabicWord) in a
document, returns the reading ease associated with the document.
Related
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automated-readability— Uses character count instead of error-prone syllable parser -
coleman-liau— Uses letter count instead of an error-prone syllable parser -
dale-chall-formula— Uses a dictionary, suited for higher reading levels -
flesch— Uses syllable count -
flesch-kincaid— Likeflesch, returns U.S. grade levels -
gunning-fog— Uses syllable count, needs POS-tagging and NER -
spache-formula— Uses a dictionary, suited for lower reading levels