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How it works
A paragraph from a research paper, a policy, a terms page, a textbook chapter, or your own draft that grew too complicated.
Long sentences are split, rare words are swapped for common ones, and any technical term that must stay gets a short plain explanation.
Paste both versions into the readability checker to see how far the grade level dropped. Most dense text lands around an 8th-grade level.
Readability research is consistent about what makes text hard: long sentences, long words, and abstract nouns doing the work verbs should do. The simplifier targets each one. Sentences are split so each carries one main idea, averaging 15 to 20 words. Words like "utilize," "commence," and "approximately" become "use," "start," and "about." Stacked nouns such as "employee retention strategy review" are unpacked into "a review of how we keep employees."
It also changes who is doing what. "The proposal was approved by the board" becomes "The board approved the proposal," because readers process active sentences faster. The order stays logical: cause before effect, the general point before the details.
The same tool solves different reading problems:
Simplifying never means dumbing down. The tool keeps every fact, number, and qualifier, so "may reduce risk" does not become "reduces risk." Some precision does depend on technical vocabulary, though. In legal, medical, and scientific writing, a term like "statistically significant" has an exact meaning, so the simplifier keeps the term and explains it instead of replacing it. For anything you will publish, read the result against the original to confirm the nuance survived.
The findings of the present investigation indicate that the utilization of spaced repetition methodologies is associated with a statistically significant enhancement in long-term retention of vocabulary items among adolescent second-language learners, relative to massed practice conditions.
The findings of this study show that using spaced repetition methods helps teenagers learning a second language remember vocabulary words better over time compared to cramming all at once. The improvement was statistically significant, which means it likely was not due to chance.
Simplifying is not shortening. A simplified text can even get a little longer, because a technical term may need a plain explanation. If you need fewer words, use the sentence shortener; if you need easier words, use this.
Pure Write Team
Updated October 2026
Why trust this guide
The simplifier's rules come from established plain-language guidance: one idea per sentence, common words, active voice, and defined terms. The PureWrite team checks it against readability formulas on academic and policy text before each update.
FAQ
Around an 8th-grade level, which is roughly what most adults read comfortably and what plain-language guidelines recommend for public documents. Very technical input may land a little higher because some terms have to stay.
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